Life after Eazel
What does the collapse of one of the most prominent open-source start-ups
mean for the future of free software?
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By Andrew Leonard
May 16, 2001 | Eazel, the open-source start-up that promised to do for
Linux-based operating systems what many of its founding engineers had done
for the original Macintosh -- make it fun and easy to use -- is dead.
Another victim of the dot-com downturn, Eazel never even had a chance to
test whether its fee-based service plans would work before it ran out of
money. But before we shed any tears over yet another high-profile new
economy flameout, let's get right to the most important question: Forget
about the company -- what's going to happen to the code?
More at:
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/16/eazel_gone/index.html
"The kaboom! Where's the kaboom?! There was
supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"
- Marvin Martian
