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Lycoris Acquires A Server Project

Posted by timothy on from the diverse-portfolio dept.

Avidwriter writes "Lycoris has developed into a decent desktop Linux distro but hasn't really had anything to offer on the server end. Now it's taking over the old e-smith server project, one of those that always got plenty of love but never seemed to really find a home as it bounced from one corporate sponsor to another. Will this work out? An analyst quoted in the NewsForge story about the buy has doubts, but says it might be okay."

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  1. Out of the blue... by fostware · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is completely out of leftfield.

    The SME Server required a driving force to keep it in focus, but I personally think too many excellent cooks were beginning to spoil the broth.
    Most good projects have someone committed to the product, much to their peers / spouses disgust.
    Even though people had their problems with him, Richard Morrell with SmoothWall was a prime example of this.
    The e-smith 3.x-5.x team were the driving force of the product you see today. They deserve a lot more credit than shown in this product announcement.

    This is possibly the best thing that could have happened for SME Server.

    PS Where was the community consultation? This was supposed to be the Great Community-Based effort.

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