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> Open sourcing Lispworks and selling support contracts and an enterprise version (with CAPI, CORBA, etc.) would make more sense. I don't think it makes any se
by lispm 4y ago
> Open sourcing Lispworks and selling support contracts and an enterprise version (with CAPI, CORBA, etc.) would make more sense.
I don't think it makes any sense, since the market for such complex Lisp systems is tiny. It would not generate a reliable revenue stream for such a niche technology.
It's not that it has not been tried in the past, but all Lisp vendors from the past, and there were a dozen or more with different license models / pricing, have gone. Left are Franz and LispWorks. Both are 30+ years in business.
- hajile 4y agoThey know their locked-in customers, but they also know they don’t get many additional customers at those prices either.
- lispm 4y agoThe market is small anyway. Better have customers at all. Mabe the customers are not "locked in", but happy that there are remaining offerings. See the pricing for commercial Smalltalk. Same thing.