One word is spread amony us .It goes”if you;re going to kill it ,open source it.Another week, another company killing off a giant product after spending millions of dollars and years developing
It can be tracked to2009Cisco bought Pure Digital Technology’s Flip.At that time Gadget fans and makers were puzzled by this; phoneswere just about good enough to start beating the Flip. Now, it’s heading for the landfill.
Some companies fail, some kill off product lines that are not profitable, but in the end, where does all the knowledge go?If companies are going to just kill something off, why not open source it? Some companies do just that, and others, like Nokia, will promise open source (Symbian, dead product) and then quickly reverse itself, locking it up. Pictured above, a Nokia coffin.
No longer exist but should (or could) have been released as open source projects. Part of the goal is for you to post the ones you’d like to see “open sourced” as well.
No longer exist but should (or could) have been released as open source projects. Part of the goal is for you to post the ones you’d like to see “open sourced” as well.
