[Qexo-general] RE: Open source Xquery implementation

[Howard Katz]

Hi Alex,

That's a fairly big question, and it's not clear to me what your aims are,
beyond being interested in open source in general. Are you interested in
private licensing? Are you hoping to primarily attract others developers?
Are you hoping to build a brand-name consciousness for your company? I'm
posing these questions somewhat rhetorically since I don't have any good
answers for you. My only experience is in #1, private licensing, but I
suspect that's not an area you're interested in.

Sorry for not having better answers for you. If you have more specific
questions, I might be able to help.
Best,
Howard


 > Do you have any thoughts for how I should approach open
 > sourcing it? There are already several freeware implementations
 > of Xquery out there, so I'm not convinced that tossing another
 > one into the mix will be productive, no matter how well
 > implemented. The other issue is that the current implementation
 > depends on some proprietary tools. Breaking that dependency will
 > take some time. Maybe the best approach is to attach myself to
 > an existing team and port technology over.
 >
 > Any ideas are welcome.
 >
 >              Alex Siegel
 >              address@hidden
 >              address@hidden
 >