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Sky Falling?Sky Falling?Posted Aug 13, 2002 15:10 UTC (Tue) by panic (guest, #3242)In reply to: Sky Falling? by rknop Parent article: Worlds collide in IBM-VA Software deal (News.com) I agree, you sound like a frothing at the mouth radical. The database that SF sits on makes NO difference to whether or not open software development can continue on SF. It DOES make a difference when it comes to stability, support, etc. Right tool for the job, they know the job, they chose the tool. You the user have the privilege of not having to care how it works under the covers but these guys have to develop on it and support it. Cut them some slack.
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Sky Falling? Posted Aug 13, 2002 15:59 UTC (Tue) by rknop (guest, #66) [Link] You the user have the privilege of not having to care how it works under the covers but these guys have to develop on it and support it. Cut them some slack. Another way of describing it is: I the user have the freedom to choose the platform I'm comfortable with for storing my project. That's all part of "right tool for the right job". If somebody is not comfortable with storing their project on a proprietary system run by a private company-- that doesn't make them evil. Obviously, yes, open source develment *can* continue on a proprietary database. The question for each project to ask is if they want it to. My point is that as we excuse each bit of SourceForge slipping further away from open source and more towards proprietary on the basis that "they are supporting open source, give them a break" and "right tool for the right job", we kid ourselves that it won't slip further. Has it slipped too far yet? I'm not convinced that it has, and clearly you are convinced that it has not. But can we be confident that it will not slip any further? Assuming that, I think, is naive, and that was the point of my post. -Rob
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