[consulting] Is this list dead?

[Leigh]

is like that innerTee site mentioned a while ago, opensource products  
but doesnt actually give you the modules :)

Quoting Michael Haggerty <mhaggerty at trellon.com>:

> Haven't seen much activity on this list for a while. Is this list dead, or
> are we all just very busy?
>
>
>
> An interesting story: without naming names, a friend of mine is starting a
> business. He is developing a platform that will use Drupal as the framework
> to deliver a specialized service and putting a lot of work into it. Part of
> his hook is that he will not be open sourcing some of the custom modules
> which are part of the platform in order to maintain a competitive advantage
> (i.e., if someone else wants to get into this market, they would have to
> build something themselves).
>
>
>
> While I see the benefits of this from a business standpoint, it does raise
> an interesting question about proprietary software. One of the main
> advantages of open source is the cost of labor, you can have dozens of
> people worldwide working on the same piece of software. Supposedly, the
> quality of the product goes up as it filters through peer review and the
> expertise of multiple individuals. The particular modules this person is
> working on are not really 'understood' by the Drupal community (otherwise,
> someone else would have already built them). What I am trying to wrap my
> head around is, does losing this advantage detract from any others? Does
> losing peer review and contributed labor undermine other advantages to open
> sourcing a creation? From a programmers perspective, I can't really
> understand why he's choosing a proprietary route for development other than
> the idea that few others would really be interested in working on this
> particular module.
>
> Thank you,
> Michael Haggerty
> Managing Partner
> Trellon, LLC
>  <http://www.trellon.com> http://www.trellon.com
> (p) 301-577-6162
> (c) 240-643-6561
> (f) 413-691-9114
> (aim) haggerty321
>
>
>
>



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