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Gnomemeeting Closes the Source
daja77 writes "There is an announcement on Gnomemeeting
stating that they are closing the source to be able
to support tcpa and palladium. The gnomemeeting PRO version will be available for $50 tomorrow and GPL
version will be discontinued."
Since you know it happens - why not just take a day off of Slashdot?
you think it's a bad day for viewing slashdot.... you should try moderating it..... *sigh*
Since you know it happens - why not just take a day off of Slashdot?
/. is an aggregator of other stories, by definition.
Because they continue to post some real stories, too.
The novelty of April Fool's jokes (a fun RFC, an explanation of pigeon-ranking technology, etc.) wears really thin when there are a dozen of them in a row. Especially so when you have to figure out which stories are real in the middle of the other junk.
Slashdot is in a strange position with regards to these hoaxes. It's not, generally, a creator of jokes, but instead publicizes others' jokes for fun and comments. So, by definition, we see a whole lot more of them here simply because
What was suggested last year was that there be one or two April Fools' "quickies" with links to a bunch of funny jokes, rather than trying to pass each and every stupid hoax off as a real story. Obviously, that's not happening this time.
On the other hand, I have to admit grudging satisfaction with the IP RFC evil-bit bit, since the joke is no longer the RFC story, but the fact that it keeps coming up.
I also think the slew of really off-the-wall Ask Slashdot stories is pretty good. They're crazy enough that you can recognize them right off as April Fool's jokes, but reasonable enough that they're actually generating some fun discussion.
But, really, the "post a different hoax every hour" model was broken last year, and it's just as broken this year.