Re: Packaging a WO Application
Re: Packaging a WO Application
- Subject: Re: Packaging a WO Application
- From: Art Isbell <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:17:29 -1000
On Jun 19, 2004, at 3:51 AM, Lotsa Cabo wrote:
I love
what WO provides from a design and development standpoint, but the
requirements are to build a web-based app that can be picked up and
moved to any box WITHOUT a dependancy on a third-party application,
other than the web server and database.
... and an application server.
So, in theory, I should be
able to install a copy of RedHat, throw on Apache and Tomcat and be
good to go.
All of these are open-source technologies. WO is not open-source, so
you must pay a license fee to deploy WO apps. You can't turn WO into
an open-source product by using some repackaging scheme.
Or, in a M$ world, install IIS and whatever extension I
need to interpret the page language (JSP, etc.).
M$ "gives away" some of their technologies in order to tie users to
their platform where they will eventually realize revenue in one way or
another. Apple includes a WO deployment license with OS X Server, but
that's only valid under OS X Server.
My goal is to be able to build an application that is re-sellable. I
cannot expect my client to want to purchase a WO license in addition to
my product. Of course they will need a physical server and web server
software. Of course they will need to select a database.
If your customers require 100% open-source software, then they can't
deploy WO apps.
Other than
that, it does not make much sense to build something in such a way that
they will be forced to license additional products.
How about ease of development that WO offers? If you're limited to
open-source application server development, then you and your customers
will have to expect development to be more arduous, time-consuming,
etc. There is still no free lunch.
Aloha,
Art
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