[OOTB-hive] [Ootb-hive] The Order of the Bee

[Richard Esplin]

I had a meeting with Alfresco executive staff. I was pleasantly surprised by 
how the members of the team are committed to a strong Community Edition 
offering.

Our model is open core, and we will continue to release plugins and advanced 
features that are Enterprise-only. We will likely increase the difference 
between Community Edition and Enterprise Edition.

But the executive team understands the value of a robust Community Edition 
that provides a lot of value. They are planning on adding features and 
continuing to release great stuff. They know that our open source community 
contributions build our ecosystem and make the product more useful. They 
understand that a good Community Edition experience encourages people to 
become our customers.

Expect a formal public statement on this topic in the next while.

Cheers,

Richard

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Richard Esplin
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On Friday, June 20, 2014 00:18:31 Oksana Kurysheva wrote:
> Dear Bees,
> 
> I hope you do not mind if I'll join this Order. :) I spent some time to
> read all discussions (thanks to Richard for the link) and I'm really
> appreciate the idea of organizing such a community/place.
> 
> Just several days ago I looked at new Alfresco pricing and was very
> dissapointed with the changes. Alfresco becomes Enterprise. It's good for
> their IPO, but not so good for the community and for the not-so-enterprise
> customers who use just 1 Alfresco CPU. The first thought was "We need to
> fork Alfresco Community before they close the sources".
> Now I already recover my temper, but the idea of someone who can "guarantee
> a free and open source production-ready solution for content management"
> still looks very fascinating for me. Only a number of truly commited
> community members / companies / partners can do it.
> /* Of course, forking Alfresco Community is an extreme case but everything
> can happen if new Alfresco Management will continue their today's politics.
> And it's great to have a team of people, ready for this. */
> 
> aviriel