Re: FN-FORUM Charging for Object Oriented Code

date posted 9th April 2001 17:11

to be honest peter i cant see too many hosting companies fully implementing
asp.net for that very reason.

asp is already a nice big security hole if you know what your doing (i
wonder how many hosting companies have removed the wsh dll? you can make a
page execute a series of keystrokes... hmmmm, lets see
f-o-r-m-a-t- -c-:...... real secure microsoft! i wont even try to guess at
how many companies havent switched off the access to parent directories in
IIS - watch me rewrite winnt.exe into a txt file!), being able to implement
your own objects without registering them is going to cause major trouble
should the occasional troublemaker decide to bring down a server - like
communism, its a nice idea ruined by the fact that there are lot of bastards
out there.

dave ecky

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Ebdon" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Charging for Object Oriented Code


> I think it's always best to sell a license for software if possible rather
> than developing source which the client then owns. If this can be done
with
> components then it makes it very easy to build applications quickly and
then
> tailor them as required. You have to be careful that you don't fall into
a
> trap with the contract stating that all source code belongs to the client.
> This would effectively hand ownership of your treasured components to the
> client and prevent you from using the source in future projects.
>
> If the client won't go for a license, you can always supply the components
> in compiled form and let them have the source for everything else. As
long
> as you sell the overall cost savings from using your pre-developed source
> then they shouldn't complain.
>
> I always work with components because I do mainly client-server and
Intranet
> stuff but it's a real pain for internet development unless you are hosting
> the web yourself.
>
> I'm not sure, but I think ASP.Net will allow you to develop secure
> components that don't need to be installed as COM objects on the server
and
> nobody can get at your code. Anyone know any more about this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
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