Re: [cobalt-users] Chilisoft ASP

[Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 2/3/00 4:57 PM, Jeff Lasman at jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> At 03:38 PM 2/3/00  Lyle Scheer wrote:
> 
>> How can third parties that aren't really interested in
>> developing their solution commercially but have useful applications have
>> their code available on Cobalt products?
> 
> When people like us, the users, compile a working open-source solution on
> the RaQ or Qube, then prepare a package (or even an RPM) that'll work on
> RaQs and Qubes, then and only then, will the solution be available.
> 
> There are exceptions, of course; the secure webserver comes to mind.  But
> very few.
> 
> And frankly, even if the program is open source, if I do the work, I have
> no trouble selling it.  The open source model requires only that I give
> away the source code.  Okay; the source code is already given away.  No big
> deal.
> 
> But if I make a pkg or an RPM, I can sell it.

My major issue is that no-one offers any support for it and are doing these
packages.  Sounds like an interesting niche.

I've been spouting about VARs all this time, and maybe some VARs should step
up to the plate and offer these packages.

Jeff: what is it that you do?

-k