About ZOHO Marketplace Feature ...

In this Blog post ...

http://webappsatwork.blogspot.com/2009/03/zoho-creator-marketplace-for-millions.html#comments

... George Baltatescu stated that ...

Zoho Creator already offers the option to publish an application on Zoho Marketplace without exposing the source code. Just try to publish an application on Zoho Marketplace, and you'll see the option to do it with or without the source code. I tried and it works.

I admit I have not (yet) gone through the publishing process but relied on the ZOHO Marketplace Team who advised me that this feature/enhancement was still on their "road map".

Can you (George or the Marketplace Team) confirm that you are not refering to just the ability of potential buyers to "Demo" the Application (without having ability to View/Edit the underlying source/script ... but that this feature is also available when a "Purchaser" elects to "Install" the Application in his own Workspace.

You see I am waiting for the promised feature when Users can run Application components (Forms, Views, Deluge Script sections, even Custom Functions) without being able to View/Edit the underlying "source" ... this would be akin to "offering the .exe file" without the (c/vb/delphi) source code ... otherwise, as I have experienced with html, dhtml, css, javascript, php etc., one "purchased" copy is soon "shared" amongst unauthorized users ... making it difficult to get a decent ROI for your efforts.

Gaev