On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: > Hi Chris: > > IMHO: Having watched the project for a long time now, I think it is time for > a fork in the road. There are too many competing interests here.
Uh... I am missing your point now: what are the competing interests that you are mentioning? I don't see any competing interest in this thread. > This sort of reminds me of Unix before AT& T let BSD birth. No? And look what > that spawned :-) Yes, it could become the Linux equivalent for the OFBiz world... or it could become one of the many thousands of forks (the 99%) in the history of software projects that just are ignored. Jacopo > > Ruth > > Christopher Snow wrote: >> Thanks BJ - that's the conclusion I'm starting to reach. >> >> Perhaps it would be worth some of us like minded people to getting together? >> >> BJ Freeman wrote: >>> I had the same complaint at one time. >>> I now keep my own version under a different brand name. >>> That is about all you can do. >>> >>> >>> Christopher Snow sent the following on 11/13/2009 2:40 AM: >>> >>>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Christopher Snow wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I was thinking about your comment of leaving the components in place >>>>>> even though they are not used. Does leaving unused components in >>>>>> place have a performance impact on ofbiz? Do those components >>>>>> consume memory? - they are certainly using disk space. Some of the >>>>>> components for example BIRT consume a fair amount of space. >>>>>> >>>>> Disk and memory are very cheap nowadays... >>>>> I think I have answered your other concerns in another email. >>>>> >>>>> Jacopo >>>>> >>>> Disk and memory are cheap nowadays, but small businesses don't see it >>>> like that, for example David Jones' ezBiz will be competing with >>>> lightweight applications like OpenERP. >>>> >>>> Also, there's the security issues of having code running that isn't >>>> required. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I get the picture. A modular ofbiz is not an option! People in >>>> control like ofbiz just the way it is - it suits their business model. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >>
