Review: Jcorporate Expresso
Summary
Jcorporate Expresso is a Web development framework that is
available for free and is open source. One of the small (but
growing) group of commercial companies focusing on open-source
development, Jcorporate has taken a unique approach to this
market by offering the framework and a few minor components at
no cost, but charging for more robust software such as
enterprise integration and content management. Though Jcorporate
needs a little work on their image and communicating their idea,
I found that they have a pretty good product and a pretty good
business model. This is something to definitely take a look at
and maybe even try for an upcoming Web project. More
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Introduction
Though I am continually looking, I have yet to see the perfect
business model that involves the open-source software
development model. Sure companies like Sun Microsystems and IBM
can be supportive with directives like NetBeans (IBM) and
Eclipse (Sun). That's a different story--they already have
market leverage, marketing dollars and developer mind share.
What I'm talking about is the start-ups, the companies looking
for revolutionary new ways to deliver software and add value in
a new way. Utilizing open source to eliminate development costs,
while at the same time offering something valuable and unique
from whatever open-source project they are capitalizing on.
RedHat can't be the only one.
One company who appears to be succeeding keeps popping back into
my houghts; Jcorporate. Jcorporate is the mastermind behind
Expresso, a Web application development framework that has a
number of plug-in applications that include content management,
forums, polls and enterprise integration. What I like about
their business model is that they actually use their VARs
(Value-Added Resellers) to help customize and further their
applications and in the Web development world this really makes
sense, every client requires additional customization and
features. Allowing for numerous VARs to contribute these
additional features and advancements betters the underlying
software and makes it a win/win situation for both the VARs and
the software company. That said, let's take a look at
Jcorporate's offerings.
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