Re: IBM i GUI Frameworks

[Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly! The three projects in question in this case may have different
goals, but still may be able to work together to accomplish the end goal.
Maybe Aaron has a breakthrough in hijacking the 5250 stream and can now
directly read from there, he can then share that with the other two and they
all win. That is already happening with Aaron using the JSON subprocedures
from powerEXT.

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Mike Wills
http://mikewills.info


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
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