Neil Bartlett wrote: > Wait, I thought NetBeans was open source. How can it possibly die? > > Well, an open source project CAN die if the "community" (note the quotes) only thinks it's a great FREE project that somebody else is giving away. While it's impossible for an open source project to disappear (especially with the GPL license), it can just starve to die. If the community (note the absence of quotes) understands that the real meaning of FLOSS is "qui pro quod" and the shared ownership of a value that everybody should take a responsibility into, the project won't starve. Of course, for completeness, one could also discuss about the good or bad way Sun is managing NetBeans (e.g. sometimes Sun is accused of keeping a central control on things, jeopardizing the motivations for others to cooperate). This is another matter; the point is that in the scenario we're talking about Sun would be gone away and would not be an excuse any longer.
From my point of view, I think that NetBeans has got a community, without quotes. -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/blog [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
