The cynic in me thinks it's often a case of a product line they no longer want to support but for which an established user base already exists (Flex comes to m

The cynic in me thinks it's often a case of a product line they no longer want to support but for which an established user base already exists (Flex comes to mind). The optimist in me thinks this isn't necessarily a bad thing though, it's certainly better than just killing it altogether. The FOSS idealist in me thinks it's great to be getting all this stuff, under an Apache licence!