Joomla is the New Mambo (
Page 1 of 7 ) What happens when a corporation tries to restructure (or even power grab) an open source project? Miro found out the hard way, when they tried to reorganize the development of Mambo. The case could prove to be a warning for all open source projects that have associated corporations.LinuxWorld, Harbinger of Death?
In San Francisco, the LinuxWorld 2005 Conference & Expo packaged both good and horrible news for the open source community that develops Mambo software, an extremely popular CMS (Content Management System) that web developers use as an easy interface to build websites. As for the good news, Mambo received the 2005 award for Best Open Source Solution.
However, the bad news from the conference is fragmenting the whole Mambo community. Miro International, the corporation backing Mambo, had formed a new entity to restructure the entire development effort. The new entity is a nonprofit organization, called the Mambo Foundation. The foundation had just been approved during the conference, and it was not what the core developers had expected. The development team saw it as a strike against their open source principles and involvement in Mambo. The community quickly splintered; the core developers took Mambo’s code and started their own CMS project apart from Miro. The new CMS, Joomla, is becoming a Mambo “counterculture.”
That LinuxWorld announcement was on August 10th. Now, a month later, the dust has started to settle and we can see how things are panning out. Let’s take a look at what the new Mambo Foundation means to the community and for open source corporations in general.
| | Discuss Joomla is the New Mambo | | | | | | | There have been a lot of successful combinations of open software communities and... | | | | | | There are many inaccuracies in this report and I am surprised that the author has... | | | | | | I'm not saying it's biased one way or the other since there is trivialism on both... | | | | | | Brian Teeman,
I have emailed you to follow up, because I am curious about the... | | | | | | I recognized much of what you said within the article, but I did not dwell on it. I... | | | | | | For a light hearted review of how seasoned Mambo users see the devlopments at Mambo... | | | | | | Yeah the Lone Mamber is quite bitter. But he's fun reading:
"Mambo Love? I... | | | | | | Bitter? Aww, why this ol' cowboy may be a might harsh to them varmits that... | | | | | | This article was a good find. Most bloggers and writers seem really slanted toward... | | | | | | Lamentable story, pardon the pun. Bottom line.
Miro's CEO wanted the Mambo story... | | | | | | This is a very good, balanced article. The losers in the split are
the community.... | | | | | | He's here, he's there, he's everywhere. Easy to see Rico's style at work. You should... | | | | | | I don't understand this situation. There have been a few articles like this that... | | | | | | A friend sent me a link to this in light of your erroneous post -- above. You are... | | | | | | The article says the devs lost faith in Miro. After Miro promised something and... | | | | | | August 22, 2005
Open Source Matters Retains SFLC
The Software Freedom Law Center... | | | | | | What was so different about what Miro delivered that it couldn't be negotiated over?... | | | | | | Thanks for the comments on my article. I'll try to answer what I can.
[i]>>What... | | | | | | What's the difference between pseudo open source and real open source?
If OSM Inc... | | | | | | The only mention of "pseudo open source" in regards to these projects has been on... | | | | | | The phrase "pseudo-open source" appears earlier in this dicussion as "Miro's CEO... | | | | | | I'm no expert on the question, but I Googled for it. It looks like people use... | | | | | | This sounds like a good old fashinoned pissing contest. Everyone involved comes up... | | | | | | Until August last year there was a thriving community with Mambo. Whatever the... | | | | | | This gets better and better.
The latest rum our is that the Mambo Foundation's... | | | | | | The article stated, "The case could prove to be a warning for all open source... | | | | | | Thanks for the comments on the article. You're right; it does look like both... | | | | | | Well guys and gals, the good people in the Mambo Foundation (yes there are some) and... | | | | | | "While open source software itself is free, it is universally accepted that it is... | | | | | | The original and the best, eh Ric?
You have provided consistent laughs since this... | | | | | | Thank you for explaining what has been a confusing turn of events. I've used Mambo... | | | | | | It appears Joomla is now the project falling flat. It has been plagued by numerous... | | | | | | 4.6 is the most idiotic software ever. It just doesn't works. And I never heard for... | | | | | | Joomla falling flat, eh?
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