One thing that I like about the company. It is very clear that the framework is free. (Apache License). But they offer some interesting services (Theme Design

One thing that I like about the company. It is very clear that the framework is free. (Apache License). But they offer some interesting services (Theme Design, Usability Design, Solution Sprint, Proof of Concept, Project KickStart, Quality Assurance) http://vaadin.com/services http://vaadin.com/services I think it make a lot of sense for a company to hire these services because some of these areas require a level of specialization that is very difficult to find. For example a traditional web designer needs to understand the tool paradigm to use it effectively. On the other hand if you are small company you still can use the framework. (The only thing I am not convinced is about the server-side idea)