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Gnomemeeting Closes the Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heart-breaking-announcements dept.

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."

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  1. About time by Gunnery+Sgt.+Hartman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its about time somebody closed the code. All the bugs kept getting out and running wild. Fifty dollars seems like a fair price not having to put up with any more loose bugs.

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  2. This must be a joke! by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I won't believe this story until it's been posted by CmdrTaco 3 or 4 more times today...

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  3. Re:enough by RollingThunder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since you know it happens - why not just take a day off of Slashdot?

  4. and do what? by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    go outside?

    now who's joking with who here?

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    1. Re:and do what? by RollingThunder · · Score: 5, Funny

      I wasn't talking crazy talk now... I just mean something like go spend the day on kuroshin or fark or something other than slashdot.

      Outside? Gods, that's... that's just... inconceivable.

  5. Re:April 1st by ohchaos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    you think it's a bad day for viewing slashdot.... you should try moderating it..... *sigh*

  6. Re:enough by dschuetz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since you know it happens - why not just take a day off of Slashdot?

    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 /. is an aggregator of other stories, by definition.

    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.