RE: FN-FORUM: designs

date posted 26th September 2007 18:00

Tony wrote:
> Apparently there will still be a free, but not open source version.
> I'm still using the freely downloadable version which you can get=20
> here: http://www.activecollab.com/download/

Thank you Tony, Ant, Ian, Alex T - very useful.=20

What a pity they appear to be going down the short-term greed route. =
They
are discontinuing the free version (announcement on 21st Sept) and have =
set
*minimum* pricing at $199 plus $99/yr (closed source!). They were
considering until recently charging $2k + $0.5k/year for the unlimited =
user
version!!

Why can't these people learn from hugely successful OSS projects like
DotNetNuke (which we use extensively). We, for one, steer clear of
closed-source web apps, as they can't be customised / fixed if support =
is
discontinued.

Sounds like the fork suggested by Ant (http://projectpier.org/) may be =
worth
checking out, as presumably based on the last release activeCollab =
source.

Cheers, Ben

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