JMatter Blog: Reasons to support JMatter

Reasons to support JMatter

Eitan Suez — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:07:00 -0600

Reasons to license JMatter:

Fee is per-developer: no royalties; can build as many apps as you like
Free updates; no upgrade traps
Excellent documentation
No support fees; your questions answered in a timely manner on the mailing list, by the framework's author, and by others JMatter-savvy developers
Comes with all the source code!

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Estimate how much time and effort you might save by using JMatter. Perhaps one man-year? Now do the math: $500 / year for JMatter compared to the cost of one man-year of development (perhaps $100,000), with no promise that you'll have a workable product at the end? That's a 2000:1 ratio.

Reasons to consider donating

Do you like what you see?
Do you want to see it thrive?
Without your contribution, this project may not be able to sustain further development indefinitely

"Reasons to support JMatter" by goodkind

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:22:26 -0600

I never implied that the above projects were superior or inferior to jmatter, this was in response to the "i do not know of another framework like jmatter" statement - and I am sure there are others out there.

"Reasons to support JMatter" by goodkind

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:21:04 -0600

"Reasons to support JMatter" by crownus

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:05:09 -0600

goodkind said 3 days later:

Well there's Streamlined, >InPowerForms and the overlooked >Lotus Notes platform.

i have tried InPowerForms but is not open-sourced. Also, the oracle version works only with oracle dbms unlike jmatter; this means you must also know oracle adf business componets and adf swing frameworks as well as InPowerForms framework it self thus increasing the learning curve. So, in my own opinion jmatter is the best especially when the authorization and the reporting functionalities are fully implemented. The eclipse rcp version of InPowerForms thus surpport any dbms b/cos it uses hibernate. but you still have to know eclipse rcp, another lerning curve. But, with jmatter you have only one frame work to learning. Permit to assert that jmatter is still the best.

"Reasons to support JMatter" by crownus

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:55:50 -0600

goodkind said 3 days later:

Well there's Streamlined, >InPowerForms and the overlooked >Lotus Notes platform.

"Reasons to support JMatter" by goodkind

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:58:15 -0600

Well there's Streamlined, InPowerForms and the overlooked Lotus Notes platform.

"Reasons to support JMatter" by eitan

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:57:26 -0600

thank you for considering donating! some discussion points below..

a. look at the comments made by users both on the mailing list and ones i've posted in the 'what people are saying' section of the site.

b. you don't have to guess or doubt about the issue of getting a prompt reply on the mailing list. the data is there. just look at the ratio of threads with a prompt reply to threads without.

of course my opinion is biased but i do not know of another framework like jmatter. it is in my mind far ahead of any other nakedobjects-like framework out there. even with a three-year lead on jmatter the original nakedobjects framework is still working on providing a working persistence mechanism out of the box. the "nakedobjects-like" frameworks aside, i do not know of another framework that gives developers this kind of productivity. i'd be happy to take up this conversation outside this if you like; eitan.suez@gmail.com

"Reasons to support JMatter" by goodkind

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:08:51 -0600

It is an 'ok' framework, still a little buggy - so not sure about using it in a production environment though, also there no formal support structures in place, I am doubtful of a prompt answer from a forum when there are pressing issues with the product.

I'll consider donating.