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Re: Any update on Mckoi's status?
Alexander Molochnikov wrote:
> The silence is deafening...
>
> I mean the silence of Toby, the original developer. If he is no longer
> watching this mailing list, this speaks for itself. If he is watching,
> but keeps silent, then this is even more telling.
>
> Either way, I am growing more pessimistic by the hour.
>
> And no, I do not expect a group of other Java programmers to pick up a
> project that seems to have been abandoned. If the original authors did
> not have enough interest and/or confidence in the merits of the
> project, the outsiders never will.
>
> Maybe it's just me.
I think that is not the right way to look at it. There are lots of
people that take over "dead" or "non-responsive" projects, e.g.,
AtheOS->Syllable, Handbrake->MediaFork (now merged back in),
Compiere->Adempiere, etc.
As I said, "dead" doesn't equate to "not good", sometimes people just
run out of time.
-> richard
>
> Alex Molochnikov
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard S. Hall" <heavy@ungoverned.org>
> Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:01 pm
> Subject: Re: Any update on Mckoi's status?
> To: mckoidb@mckoi.com
>
> > "dead" does not necessarily == "trash"...
> >
> > Sometimes leaders of open source projects also have to "wake up
> > to
> > reality" and move onto other things.
> >
> > For someone interested in leading a database project, it
> > certainly makes
> > more sense to start with an existing one than to start from
> > scratch...unless of course the existing project really is trash.
> >
> > However, I don't think that is the case for Mckoi, it always
> > worked
> > reasonably well for me. "Better" depends on the metric, but why
> > stick
> > around the mckoi mailing list if you think it is trash?
> >
> > -> richard
> >
> > Alexander Finger wrote:
> > > Personally I can't imagine why anyone would waste their time.
> > If
> > > you're going to try and help continue development on a
> > database their
> > > are plenty of better open source ones out there. McKoi is dead
> > I am
> > > sure and nothing is going to bring her back...
> > >
> > > A
> > >
> > > On Jan 28, 2008 4:42 PM, Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu
> > > <mailto:tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > If I were 10 years younger,
> > > If my mortgage was a bit less and
> > therefore I could afford to work
> > > less than full time,
> > > If I were a bit more fluent in database,
> > > If I were a bit smarter and more ambitious,
> > >
> > > THEN I would write to Tobi (is that
> > his name?) and ask:
> > >
> > > a) would he be willing to play a role
> > of assisting a small group
> > > of developers,
> > > b) what plans he had had for the
> > future of mcKoi while he was
> > > leading the project actively,
> > >
> > > AND
> > >
> > > If his response were positive, I would
> > assemble a small group
> > > (fewer than 6) of java programmers...
> > >
> > > Oops, I just woke up from a nice dream
> > and back into a reality. I
> > > think that's what they call this
> > > thing I live in. But some of you
> > may be freer, more ambirious,
> > > more devoting...
> > > McKoi doesn't have to die.
> > >
> > > Tena Sakai
> > > tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu
> > <mailto:tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>>
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mckoidb@mckoi.com
> > <mailto:mckoidb@mckoi.com> on behalf of
> > > Richard S. Hall
> > > Sent: Mon 1/28/2008 1:07 PM
> > > To: mckoidb@mckoi.com
> > <mailto:mckoidb@mckoi.com>> Subject:
> > Re: Any update on Mckoi's status?
> > >
> > > The benefit of Mckoi being open source
> > is that anyone that wants
> > > to can
> > > pick up and start where the original
> > developers left off...
> > >
> > > -> richard
> > >
> > > Alexander Molochnikov wrote:
> > > > Two days ago I asked he same
> > question on this mailing list.
> > > >
> > > > So far, no reply from the developers
> > of the database.
> > > >
> > > > It does not look promising.
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "M. A. Sridhar"
> > <m_a_sridhar@yahoo.com>
> > <mailto:m_a_sridhar@yahoo.com>>> >
> > Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:46 am
> > > > Subject: Any update on Mckoi's status?
> > > > To: Mckoi mailing list
> > <mckoidb@mckoi.com>
> > <mailto:mckoidb@mckoi.com>>> >
> > > > > Does anyone know what's happening
> > with Mckoi? As you know,
> > > > > the last email in the archives is
> > dated last June, so I'm
> > > > > wondering if/when the next version
> > might be available.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards.
> > > > >
> > > > > M. A. Sridhar
> > > > > m_a_sridhar at yahoo dot com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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