OpenEuphoria

RE: Challenge for speed freaks

• Posted by Andy Serpa <renegade at earthling.net> Feb 15, 2002
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I think for what it is, Euphoria is incredibly successful.

There are two roads to widespread popularity:  open-source or corporate 
backing.  It's either gotta be totally free and extensible by anyone, or 
its gotta have money behind it.

This factor dwarfs all others, I believe.  And anything users find 
lacking in Euphoria would also magically be fixed in short order if Eu 
took either of these two paths.  There is *no way* a "one-man" language 
existing as a commercial entity will ever be huge.

I hate to say it, but probably the best thing that could happen to 
*Euphoria* (not Rob) is for it to be a financial failure for Rob, and 
for him to say, "Oh, well, I guess I'll make it open source."  On the 
other hand, he could probably make a good chunk of change writing books 
on it as the inventor...