Re: IBM i GUI Frameworks

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been hearing the term "crowd sourcing" being used, too.  If I am 
understanding the idea of it, there is value added with this approach 
because a whole crowd of qualified people are ready & willing to get the 
pig to snort, thereby shortening development cycles, enhancing 
solutions, and broadening the product's adaptability.



On 9/16/2010 12:05 PM, Mike Wills wrote:
> What the open source application library people does is give options. A
> person may hear there is a way to "freshen up" their RPG programs easily
> with a web interface. For little investment (only their time) they
> can experiment and maybe eventually push live a web version of their
> application. These people would never buy a commercial application because
> management may not see any value in such a purchase. RPGUI and powerEXT (and
> others) allow that developer to play in his down time with something new.
> Now, that may lead them to buying a commercial product (with paid support)
> in the future or to just "stay the course" on the framework they choose.
>
> Now a smart businessperson would look at something like this and figure out
> how to profit off an open framework. Maybe provide support for it. Do
> consulting based on your expertise in the framework. Maybe take it to the
> next level any make it easier to use, or just build a better product with a
> migration path from the open framework. There are ways to make money on
> free.
>
> While licensing types is a valid subject, I don't feel that
> is appropriate here (and frankly, I am getting tired of it). That should be
> taken to the project forums of concern and be relevant to the projects
> goals. The original question was about why the three projects don't work
> together. Let's keep it to that, please.
>
> This is my only 2 cents on the subject.
>
> --
> Mike Wills
> http://mikewills.info