Miro Replies to Mambo Allegations

Rico! writes "Miro aka The Mambo Foundation has finally provided answers to some thorny questions and also fired back at the Rebel Developer Alliance." Here is the Slashdot story covering the original split where the developers all jumped ship.

Comments

Fork, and rename

[Animats]

If the developers are going to fork, they should probably rename the product. "Mambo" is too generic. Something containing "Portal" would be more appropriate.

"Webportal" is not a registered trademark.

Re:Fork, and rename

[NoOneInParticular]

Not sure why this scored funny, but I think it's an interesting thought for open source software. What would happen when open-source software would just start using generic names that absolutely cannot be trademarked. Given the nature of open source, having or not having a trademark is fairly irrelevant, so why not use this. I can see it now:

Mambo renames to webportal

firefox renamed to browser

openoffice renamed to:

word processor

spread sheet

etc.

linux (and(!)/or BSD) renamed to 'operating system'

This is going to be a ball!

Re:A socialist-corporate trend is developing.

[grahamlee]

There is no such thing as a community, only a collection of individuals.

You are Margaret Thatcher and I claim my five cartons of free school milk.

Mambo Foundation Membership Contract (paraphrased)

[Qbertino]

I hereby hand over to henchmen on Miro payroll (aka "Foundation Administrators") the exclusive total and unrevocable ownage of my ass - and everything attached to it.

I am aware of the fact that this blessing costs me an anual fee of mere 1000$ (US). Which is so totally a once-in-a-lifetime super-bargain, since now above mentioned henchmen will give me an acknowledging nod and a pat on the head whenever I make an improvement suggestion for Mambo.

signed

Stupid Me

(currently residing in Dads basement)