[nylug-talk] The future of Zimbra after Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!

[George Bourozikas]

On Monday 04 February 2008 15:57:39 Joshua Zeidner wrote:
[...]
>   As for Zimbra, they will construct a pathway for users to convert to
> Exchange.  Theyll scoop up as many users as possible and dump the
> stubborn ones.  Isn't the point of adopting OSS to prevent this
> situation?

That's what I would expect
 
>   note: YPL has *not* been approved by the OSI.
>    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
> 
>   Zimbra's YPL license page:
>    http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.0.html
> 
>   There is also the Zimbra license, and its realtionship to the
> product at this point is unclear to me, as is probably the intention
> of the managers at Zimbra.  Oops its not Open Source after all!  "We
> call it /open sourcesque/..."

Like others said (and I agree) OSI-approved licensing is irrelevant if there 
aren't enough developers interested in a product, in which case corporate 
sponsorship is what is needed.

--george