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Oh how fickle you are. A company that supports an open source project out of pocket for two years now doesn't love open source because they have moved onto othe
by oconnore 13y ago
Oh how fickle you are. A company that supports an open source project out of pocket for two years now doesn't love open source because they have moved onto other things? Over time, technologies change, stabilize, and/or become obsolete, expecting them to support one project forever is silly and boring.
How about: dear Engine Yard, thanks for 730 days of open source love, can't wait to see where you invest your time next.
- patcon 13y agoamen.
- jballanc 13y agoI don't disagree, which is why I'm wondering if this is a case of not having enough money to continue supporting these projects, or a case of seeing the momentum or the need for support in open source changing to something new. So far, though, I've only seen Engine Yard drop support for projects. If, tomorrow, they announced that they were starting to support a handful of Go or node.js projects, then I think we'd all have a much different view on this news.
- davidw 13y agoThey should certainly be thanked, but it points to the larger problem that funding open source software in a stable, predictable way is hard. When it's basically a charity, then it's probably going to get the axe pretty early on when there are financial troubles.