Daniel Robbins hired by M$

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, marius wrote:

> Even some of the high-profile projects are identified with and driven
> by only a couple of programmers. Would Samba survive if Tridge left?
> Sure. Would the project be set back for a considerable amount of time?
> Definitely.

I agree that individual projects could get a set back but I just don't 
think even MS can hire enough people to set back OSS as a whole (which was 
the assertion I responded to, not that individual projects could be slowed 
down).  Besides, at least a percentage of OSS advocates would never work 
for MS.

> Has anyone stepped up to maintain any of JWZ's projects since he very
> publicly ditched Linux for OS X and announced "not to hold your breath
> for new releases" of the software he wrote/maintained?

I have a lasez-faire attitude.  If there is demand someone will do it.  If 
no one has picked up the ball then no developer cared enough.  Remember 
too that plenty of SF projects start out only as a wish list.  If free 
development has a weakness it is that projects that are not as much fun, 
even if they are necessary, are slow to develop.  OSS generally covers 
most areas really well but a few obvious holes are left (like accounting 
software until recently).

Cheers,
	Rob

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