Comments on: Magento Enterprise Edition: How to Stifle a Growing Community http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/web/ecommerce/magento-enterprise-edition-stifles-growing-community/ Web Design, Music and Art Mon, 21 May 2012 12:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: MagentoEye http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/web/ecommerce/magento-enterprise-edition-stifles-growing-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 MagentoEye Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:23:53 +0000 http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1530 Now, the magento-EE price is start from $14420. :~) Now, the magento-EE price is start from $14420. :~)

]]> By: Victory Interactive http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/web/ecommerce/magento-enterprise-edition-stifles-growing-community/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Victory Interactive Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:43:29 +0000 http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/?p=128#comment-703 Looking to offer store credits as affiliate payouts in magento, anyone who has insight into this please contact me. Looking to offer store credits as affiliate payouts in magento, anyone who has insight into this please contact me.

]]> By: Sigma Infosolutions http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/web/ecommerce/magento-enterprise-edition-stifles-growing-community/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Sigma Infosolutions Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:10:26 +0000 http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/?p=128#comment-497 Hi, How to configure Affiliate programming in Magento?? Looking for help on this.. :) – Thanks deepti Hi,

How to configure Affiliate programming in Magento??
Looking for help on this.. :)

– Thanks deepti

]]> By: consultant http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/web/ecommerce/magento-enterprise-edition-stifles-growing-community/comment-page-1/#comment-490 consultant Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:30:36 +0000 http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/?p=128#comment-490 Before you stick a fork in it, it would be interesting to see how much consulting would cost in a community edition to make it functionally equivalent to the enterprise edition. The cost of the enterprise edition does not at all seem unreasonable from that point of view. Further, take a look at MySQL (pre acquisition) and the TWO models they successfully used to support the Open Source community and make some money from "BIG ENTERPRISE" (a nominal sum was charged in comparison to Oracle annual maintenance). Just because a company who has a big open source presence charges a license does not mean it will die. This concept is called capitalism. It equates to product packaging. People and companies should not expect everything for free. What consumers SHOULD expect is commoditization of a product over time. I would say that Magento folks have taken a stab at that, and I wish them well. Before you stick a fork in it, it would be interesting to see how much consulting would cost in a community edition to make it functionally equivalent to the enterprise edition.

The cost of the enterprise edition does not at all seem unreasonable from that point of view.

Further, take a look at MySQL (pre acquisition) and the TWO models they successfully used to support the Open Source community and make some money from “BIG ENTERPRISE” (a nominal sum was charged in comparison to Oracle annual maintenance).

Just because a company who has a big open source presence charges a license does not mean it will die. This concept is called capitalism. It equates to product packaging. People and companies should not expect everything for free. What consumers SHOULD expect is commoditization of a product over time. I would say that Magento folks have taken a stab at that, and I wish them well.

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