We don't need nC: We can use Open Source solutions
The myth of OpenSource is that it saves you money. It's a myth because although you don't pay anything for the software, it doesn't save you time. And time for any employer is the most expensive commodity that there is. OpenSource is fine if you are building websites as a hobby, but if you are a commercial website developer - large or small scale - you need neatComponents.
Open Source solutions require that you stitch together complex programs, written by disparate groups of enthusiasts, often with little regard as to whether they will 'play prettily' together. Even coding experts can get frustrated with the whole mess.
On my PC, I am running a recent version of Ubuntu, but even then getting Django and mod_python working happily together is non-trivial. They definitely need to integrate with apt-get and Ubuntu (which seems to be the growing standard for Linux distributions) so that getting Django up and running is more painless -- I have a feeling they have lost a few developers who gave up after fighting with mod_python and mod_rewrite for an hour.
Writes an expert on using Django
neatComponents, then engine behind clearString, is not based on open-source software. It is coded from the base up for commercial use as an easy to install deeply integrated Windows package. And if you think that doesn't matter - simply read this review about using Drupal, or this one about the security issues of using Joomla! in a commercial setting.
With neatComponents all of these issues - and more - are covered.
Legal worries
The legal climate has changed and 'for profit' companies cannot simply create commercial websites using free, open source, software without being in breach of the license terms:
Two recent (2008) events should give for-profit companies new reasons to re-evaluate the ways in which they use open source software as well as the extent to which they use it. These events are: (1) the release of a new version of the widely used license that covers such software, i.e., the General Public License version 3, and (2) a round of lawsuits filed by the Software Freedom Law Center against for-profit companies using the software for commercial gain.
Read the full Law.com article ...
Also read: Open Source law suits and Open Source: Far from free
neatComponents is not based on open-source software. It is coded from the base up for commercial use, and your license to use neatComponents protects you.
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