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I hate to sound jaded and cynical, but am I the only one who feels weird about a new framework announcement containing information for getting training and cons

by shruubi 12y ago

I hate to sound jaded and cynical, but am I the only one who feels weird about a new framework announcement containing information for getting training and consulting? I understand that there is no money in releasing free frameworks, but it seems a little soon to be selling consulting and training on an early-access preview...

hardwaresofton 12y ago
I think this might have something to do with the fact that he is the CTO of Durandal (which seems to be based off of durandal.io, or maybe the other way around). I assume that he's currently the CTO of a very small company (of maybe even just him), and one of the ways to do that profitably, while building things you love, is to consult/provide training on the things that you have built that others want to use
DigitalSea 12y ago
I guess it isn't too early when you consider who is actually behind Aurelia: Rob Eisenberg. If you have used Durandal before, then you will know what I am talking about. I have no doubt in my mind that Aurelia is going to shake things up. Just having a play with it earlier gave me a sense of excitement that I remember getting when I first used Angular all those years ago. I get the impression we're dealing with a framework that is based in part on Durandal, so it is not an entirely new framework in certain aspects (I could be wrong). And on the plus side, Rob has proven himself as an effective leader on projects like this and during his time on the Angular 2.0 team, he was doing some great work.
d357r0y3r 12y ago
I would actually prefer that a framework be backed by some kind of business. When it's just a guy moonlighting, you never know when he might disappear and you've now got a production app that's being supported by "the community".
niix 12y ago
He has been doing the same thing for his other framework that has been around for much longer. I assume the note about training is directed towards those who have use his Durandal training/consulting and may be interested in doing the same for this new framework.

by shruubi 12y ago

hardwaresofton 12y ago

I think this might have something to do with the fact that he is the CTO of Durandal (which seems to be based off of durandal.io, or maybe the other way around). I assume that he's currently the CTO of a very small company (of maybe even just him), and one of the ways to do that profitably, while building things you love, is to consult/provide training on the things that you have built that others want to use

DigitalSea 12y ago

I guess it isn't too early when you consider who is actually behind Aurelia: Rob Eisenberg. If you have used Durandal before, then you will know what I am talking about. I have no doubt in my mind that Aurelia is going to shake things up. Just having a play with it earlier gave me a sense of excitement that I remember getting when I first used Angular all those years ago. I get the impression we're dealing with a framework that is based in part on Durandal, so it is not an entirely new framework in certain aspects (I could be wrong). And on the plus side, Rob has proven himself as an effective leader on projects like this and during his time on the Angular 2.0 team, he was doing some great work.

d357r0y3r 12y ago

I would actually prefer that a framework be backed by some kind of business. When it's just a guy moonlighting, you never know when he might disappear and you've now got a production app that's being supported by "the community".

niix 12y ago

He has been doing the same thing for his other framework that has been around for much longer. I assume the note about training is directed towards those who have use his Durandal training/consulting and may be interested in doing the same for this new framework.