feyd wrote:Hockey wrote:Thats cuz there is none...
Okay. It seemed there was one with the following:
and now I'd like to start a project like Sugar CRM...
Make it open source and see which one makes more money
mostly the "which one makes more money" part. Am I right in thinking that's the profit related to a CMS vs CRM? Kind of feels like an apples vs oranges comparison, a bit out of place but okay. Confusing, but okay. I guess I'll just shut up now.
I see your point, but I wasn't going to compare direct income between the two...
More like, if you give away source code as something similar to GPL (not sure if it allows this) but require commercial use pays a nominal fee, how many users actually play by the rules and pay (assuming you have an idea of how many people use your software). Whereas my CMS requires a license to be purchased first before source code is received thus enforcing play by the rules policies.
I'm sketchy about open source for that reason...why would anyone pay if you don't have to...I know thats not exactly the idea behind OSS but look at SugarCRM for instance...the basic edition...it's free...no money required...you pay for the professional edition and other things...
I've always used just the basic....and it's fine for me

as it is for many many others as well...would I have paid if I had too...yes probably...but I didn't...so I don't
I'm not alone in thinking this way...
Anyways...I get the feeling I'm gonna start a debate about licenses and open source soon...so I too should shut now
