Another model (was RE: Desperate plea to FP Tech)

[Dennis Malen]

Finally someone gets it.

Great idea BOB!

Dennis Malen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>
To: "filePro Mailing List" <Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 6:21 PM
Subject: Another model (was RE: Desperate plea to FP Tech)


> It seems clear to me that not enough development resources ($$$) are
> available from the company to address the needs of filePro
> users/developers.  And yet there are a number of generous and creative
> people involved in this list. Maybe what is needed is to rethink the
> development model.
> 
> My suggestion would be to borrow some, but not all, of the open source
> model. The company could release some subset of the source code, possibly
> requiring non-disclosure agreements, and interested parties could fiddle
> with it and enhance it in discrete, finite feature sets. These feature
> sets could be sumbitted to the general community for comment and possible
> inclusion by the company. Or, perhaps certain original modules, released
> by the company, could be recompiled by users who might opt to compile in
> certain feature sets available from the community. The company could
> retain rights and source to certain key modules, such as licensing,
> database access, etc. (I don't know the product well enough to say how
> this should break down, only to suggtest the idea.)
> 
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
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