As opposed to the proprietary library written by the company declaring bankruptcy? I can still find the mirrors of the hpricot source. Can't say the same about the guys who folded and took the code with them.
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Jason Nah <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not so much devastated but more disappointed. > > I hate to say this but this kind of stunt puts a bad rap on the open source > community as a whole. No doubt he has every right to stop, but to pull the > plug without any continuity, migration is just a real shame. Just leaves > everybody hanging in the air. Worst still was the manner which it was done. > No warning. Nobody had a clue. > Imagine all those guys who were using the libraries he wrote. How about the > 'Enterprise' systems that might also be using the libraries he wrote. As > awesome as his work is, he didn't really leave on a good note. > > Raises a bigger issue about open source projects and the 'bus' number they > carry. Certainly makes me think twice before I use a library written by one > guy. > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Lachie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Ryan Bigg >> (Radar)<[email protected]> wrote: >> > Is that blog title a Fight Club reference? >> >> Maybe, but Meatloaf can't talk about it >> >> >> > >> > 2009/8/24 Julio Cesar Ody <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Oh good. So that explains I didn't think he looked like a Jonathan. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Dr Nic Williams<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > He's apparently not >> >> > "Jonathon" http://ozmm.org/posts/his_name_is_robert_paulson.html >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Julio Cesar Ody <[email protected] >> > >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > Maybe when you produce extreme 'pieces code', you are excused to >> have >> >> >> > extreme ways to leave. >> >> >> >> >> >> On that particular matter >> >> >> >> >> >> http://zedshaw.com/blog/2009-08-19.html >> >> >> >> >> >> Can't get more popular than that can it? :) >> >> >> >> >> >> I think I can also say he was one of the major motivators for me >> when >> >> >> it came to learning Ruby. I don't think he's dead or anything like >> >> >> that though. Either it's a *huge* coincidence, or the fact he got >> >> >> outed as Jonathan was the main reason behind his "disappearance". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Dr Nic Williams >> >> > Mocra - Premier iPhone and Ruby on Rails Consultants >> >> > w - http://mocra.com >> >> > twitter - @drnic >> >> > skype - nicwilliams >> >> > e - [email protected] >> >> > p - +61 412 002 126 or +61 7 3102 3237 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ryan Bigg >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
