Whilst I agree it's mostly FUD, there are a number of high profile projects that have either effectively stopped (OpenSolaris), been closed source and charged (grid computing) or undergoing fuss and splintering (Hudson). There are a number that just outright stopped, like Kenai. Whilst it is by no stretch all, or even the majority, such a steady pace is disturbing and does little to encourage confidence.
"Tom Limoncelli" <t...@whatexit.org> wrote: >On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Giovanni Tirloni ><gtirl...@sysdroid.com> wrote: >> >> """More recently, Oracle bought Sun, and they have killed or are in >the >> process of actively killing each and every Sun project, product, or >service >> that ever previously existed.""" >> >> Each and every, really? Not only open source project but revenue >generating >> products, uh? Where is "in my opinion" in that phrase? Where is the >hard >> evidence for "each and every"? Sorry, this fits my definition of FUD. > >I think it is hyperbole more than FUD. Open source people leaving >Oracle in droves. After any big merger some people leave, but because >some highly visible people have left it seems larger. If it is a mass >exodus we'd have no way of knowing. > >A non-FUD thing to talk about is the specific changes Oracle made to >Solaris/OpenSolaris: >http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/solaris-10-no-longer-free-as-in-beer-now-a-90-day-trial.ars > >Tom > >-- >http://EverythingSysadmin.com -- my blog (new posts Mon and Wed) >http://www.TomOnTime.com -- my advice (more videos coming soon) >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >Discuss@lists.lopsa.org >https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
