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I call BS. Hobby projects doesn't mean open source. You are the one interpreting it as such and then claiming that is what FusionChart is saying.

cujo 13y ago
I said the same thing on his blog and he called me out for posting anonymously. Real fun guy.
- bmelton 13y ago
  Not sure if you had the same problem I did. I also replied on the blog, selected "use my Google Account" to reply, but it never actually asked to authenticate me, and my response ended up being attributed to 'Unknown'. Regardless, I agree that the author has misconstrued the intent. Flagging.
Ovid 13y ago
I ran this past a few other devs first and there was general agreement that FusionCharts was mocking open source. They're using the same language used in the late 90s/early 00s to dismiss open source. Edit: removed unnecessary political reference.
- cdoxsey 13y ago
  You should re-add that unnecessary political reference. It demonstrated your inability to discern motive properly. (Seeing racist dog whistles where none exist) Fusion Charts is attacking libraries like this: http://raphaeljs.com/ http://raphaeljs.com/ https://www.reverserisk.com/ico/ https://www.reverserisk.com/ico/ http://www.flotcharts.org/ http://www.flotcharts.org/ http://www.jqplot.com/ http://www.jqplot.com/ I've not tried these libraries in a while, but certainly a few years ago they were buggy and hard to use. In other words that marketing line makes a whole lot of sense if you were an actual javascript developer trying to make charts. Maybe things are different now, but I'd still use highcharts for a commercial website.
  - viseztrance 13y ago
    I've only used raphael js from that list (which can do a lot more than drawing charts), and found it a very well thought of library with good documentation and support.
  - pallavn 13y ago
    We're not attacking RaphaelJS or any of these libraries. In fact, we use a modified version of RaphaelJS as the core, which we've open-sourced at https://github.com/fusioncharts/redraphael https://github.com/fusioncharts/redraphael These libraries are great to start with, and works well for many use-cases. Just that when your needs expand (think of additional chart types for specific use-cases, cross-browser compatibility including IE6/7/8, direct support from developers, assurance of continued development and fixes, meaningful implementations for different business scenarios etc.), our customers believe in us!
crisnoble 13y ago
Which hobby projects are they referring to?

cujo 13y ago

I said the same thing on his blog and he called me out for posting anonymously. Real fun guy.

bmelton 13y ago
Not sure if you had the same problem I did. I also replied on the blog, selected "use my Google Account" to reply, but it never actually asked to authenticate me, and my response ended up being attributed to 'Unknown'. Regardless, I agree that the author has misconstrued the intent. Flagging.

Ovid 13y ago

I ran this past a few other devs first and there was general agreement that FusionCharts was mocking open source. They're using the same language used in the late 90s/early 00s to dismiss open source. Edit: removed unnecessary political reference.

cdoxsey 13y ago
You should re-add that unnecessary political reference. It demonstrated your inability to discern motive properly. (Seeing racist dog whistles where none exist) Fusion Charts is attacking libraries like this: http://raphaeljs.com/ http://raphaeljs.com/ https://www.reverserisk.com/ico/ https://www.reverserisk.com/ico/ http://www.flotcharts.org/ http://www.flotcharts.org/ http://www.jqplot.com/ http://www.jqplot.com/ I've not tried these libraries in a while, but certainly a few years ago they were buggy and hard to use. In other words that marketing line makes a whole lot of sense if you were an actual javascript developer trying to make charts. Maybe things are different now, but I'd still use highcharts for a commercial website.
- viseztrance 13y ago
  I've only used raphael js from that list (which can do a lot more than drawing charts), and found it a very well thought of library with good documentation and support.
- pallavn 13y ago
  We're not attacking RaphaelJS or any of these libraries. In fact, we use a modified version of RaphaelJS as the core, which we've open-sourced at https://github.com/fusioncharts/redraphael https://github.com/fusioncharts/redraphael These libraries are great to start with, and works well for many use-cases. Just that when your needs expand (think of additional chart types for specific use-cases, cross-browser compatibility including IE6/7/8, direct support from developers, assurance of continued development and fixes, meaningful implementations for different business scenarios etc.), our customers believe in us!

crisnoble 13y ago

Which hobby projects are they referring to?