In support of Don (and Sloan/Berklee i.e. S/B) I agree with all sides!
I understand the business perspective and also the history of ARSDigita/OpenACS. I truly believe that OpenACS will be a better product eventually due to the work of the S/B teams.
I also completely understand the concerns of Don and the OACS community. Hopefully any core changes you are about to make will be made public before they are committed in stone (of course, you don't have to do that). Then we won't have the reinvent the wheel problem that happens (and happened at AD) frequently when great ideas get implemented by multiple parties independently.
There are certainly some very weak aspects in OACS as inherited by AD, but there are many strengths also and certainly OACS is a much more stable product in the community than it ever was at AD.
I look forward to any enhancements S/B creates and also any new packages. Thanks for keeping us in the loop at all.
