crim thinks developer dollars are a good idea:
I know many other professional development products (think filemaker, web objects, etc.) don’t have publically accessible support forums maintained by their own staff. You need to have a registered version of the product to get that support. This is sort-of the same idea, but they’re giving us a lot more.
Now, what’s interesting is that when you compare, say the two products he mentions, which have small/limited support, there are some common elements, when compared to their more succesful and open competitors (say, MySQL and PHP respectively):
- The open communities are much more robust
- These communities sustain larger growth
- Gain superior mindshare
- and community support/contributions
- As a result the respective products are of higher quality
Is Danger a dead-end? Time will tell, I suppose.