The Lino vision¶
Lino is designed from its beginnings to become a world-wide standard for developing sustainably free application. That’s a big vision.
Collaboration principles¶
We believe that the optimal environment for developing database applications is when both the users and the developers adhere to the following principles:
developing a website is a common work of both users and developers
both listen to each other carefully and speak openly
both feel co-responsible and do their best when facing challenges
both have equal voices when deciding about how to distribute effort and benefit
both want to share the fruit of their common work with other people, including future users and developers
every website needs maintenance and causes a never-ending work
Lino’s design goals¶
Applications made with Lino:
are intuitive to understand for the end user because the developers and the users communicate efficiently.
are quick to develop because Lino encourages agile programming, rapid prototyping and short release cycles.
are flexible to maintain because Lino uses modern technologies for testing and deployment.
are stable as rock once they satisfy your needs because there is no commercial pressure forcing you to upgrade.
are easy to share because Lino encourages a modular approach with libraries of highly reusable code.
Our ultimate vision¶
Our ultimate vision is that
Lino is a standard part of every public IT education programme.
Lino is a library of common knowledge about how business is being done efficiently
a majority of application developers uses the Lino framework
vendor lock-in is legally impossible: the provider isn’t tempted by it, and the user is not afraid of it
Our creed¶
We are motivated by a common belief:
The free world has already an operating system, an office suite, several good frameworks for developing web and desktop applications, and many other projects that are steadily gaining users.
But until now there is no sustainably free solution for developing customized database applications. The market for this business is dominated by a few proprietary giants.
We believe that the Lino framework has the potential of becoming a solution for this problem.
How Lino is different¶
Lino combines the advantages of do-it-yourself with those of outsourcing. Lino solutions are “better than MS-Access for cheaper than SAP”.
Lino is a proof of the concept that professional software development leads to better results when governed by a developer who fosters sharing. We want Lino to be available to everybody forever. We believe that the future belongs to Sustainably Free Software.
Lino makes vendor lock-in legally impossible because both the source code and documentation are published as Sustainably Free Software,
Public Money? Public Code!¶
The Lino vision can be seen as a proof of concept for the Public Money? Public Code! campaign led by the Free Software Foundation Europe.
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Lino extends that concept because we also target private corporations who adhere to the collaboration principles.
