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Re: Future Prospects for Open-VXI



"Glaser, Phil" wrote:

> First, what is the time frame for fixing the known problems in the current
> relelease.

Well, we have typically put out a point release every two or three weeks thus
far, but do plan a reworking of the interfaces with 1.5 and some major
rewrites in 1.6 to support some of the more subtle issues.
Are there particular issues you are concerned with?


> Second, more generally, what is the time frame for moving to a
> production-quality release?

Well, there are companies with the current release in production, so I'm not
quite sure what you mean.  If you meant a supported release, SpeechWorks  will
be releasing fully supported products incorporating the VXI in the not too
distant future.


> Third, is there any possibility that the Open-VXI licensing arrangement
> could change in the future, that it would no longer be open source?

Well, you can't get things out of open source.  Even if SpeechWorks decided to
develop a VXI that was not in Open Source the versions available today still
would be.  Given the interest and commitment there has been from groups
outside of SpeechWorks I imagine that the OpenVXI would be continued.
   That said, SpeechWorks honestly believes that interoperability is a key
part of VoiceXML's promise and that an open, extensible and modular framework
is the best way to achieve that.

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