Re: Ofbiz for Real Estate Management

Posted by Adrian Crum on Dec 03, 2009; 6:31pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Ofbiz-for-Real-Estate-Management-tp930992p947854.html

Al,

It appears you're arguing against the success of companies like Red Hat,
JBoss, and Novell - who all maintain open source software and offer it
for free.

If I developed a vertical application, I wouldn't hesitate to contribute
it back to the project. Why should I pay a staff of programmers to
maintain it when a community of volunteers is willing to do it for free?
I'd rather focus my resources on installation, training, and support.

-Adrian

Al Byers wrote:

> I don't think it is realistic to expect anyone to contribute a quality
> add-on back to the project and maintain it. All of us that work (or
> have worked) on the project do so because it contributes financially
> to us in other ways.
>
> If someone was to create a commercially viable add-on, then I think
> the smart thing to do would be to contribute back a "community"
> version that captures the essence of the customizations needed for
> that niche, but reserves a lot of the value added that comes from
> being experienced in that field for a commercial version. The
> commercial version could also include support.
>
> -Al
>