100% Open Source Alfresco including Enterprise Features

[johnn]

Open source as a business model is still evolutionary and it is true for Alfresco too. Having had an opportunity to distribute and sell services to enterprise customers, we have come to the conclusion it is not necessary to withhold functionality to have enterprises invest in services and support. Therefore, we are considering making Alfresco, including Enterprise features, 100% open source in the 1.3 Release of Alfresco in May. There will still be an Enterprise service package that includes support, maintenance, additional documentation, indemnification and warranty.

We would like your help as we consider this initiative in positioning and in branding. If you could take a moment to take our poll, we would appreciate your input. Also, if you have any comments we would love to hear them.

-John Newton, CTO

[penguin]

Very nice that it is an open source…. And I agree about the money… The development of the open source software makes the software market more competitive.

[sunil]

It just gets better and better with you guys!!

My 2cents: Why not just go with Alfresco?  If there are no functional differences, why push multiple brands/products?

I was also wondering about just "Alfresco" as the open source name - it's the name people have come to know and love after all and "Alfresco Certified" or similar for the certified stack version.

Cheers,

Kevin

[joechavez]

So, all these talks about "100% Open Source Alfresco including Enterprise Features" are just that, I guess? Two years after the announcement, we still have two separate svn repositories, with one well guarded, and the other open but so buggy…

[johnnq]

great to hear about. Yes, it was helpful.