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Open Source Design in risk?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-noes! dept.

Stylissimo writes "OSWD.org, the biggest source for free open source web templates, has been offline for several weeks, which has caused a dilemma for the large number of webmasters who rely on open source design. While some of the OSWD.org designers are doing their best to keep the open source design scene alive, others are worried that the absence of OSWD.org will hit the internet hard and maybe even kill the scene. Aaron Nikula, administrator of OSWD.org, has published a statement about the situation and the site may be back again."

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  1. For once by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... its NOT the slashdot effect
    OSWD will be back shortly. We are experiencing technical difficulties.
    1. Re:For once by Will2k_is_here · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, the site is down. Here's a google cache

    2. Re:For once by Will2k_is_here · · Score: 2, Funny

      Good Lord! Somebody stripped out your humor module?

  2. I can't believe this by RootsLINUX · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're already having trouble getting their site back up, and then you decide to go and slashdot them? Good lord, have you no sense of decency???

    --
    Hero of Allacrost, a FOSS RPG for *NIX/*BSD/OS X/Win
  3. "hit the internet hard" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...others are worried that the absence of OSWD.org will hit the internet hard and maybe even kill the scene.

    Experts say that apart from the hundreds of ugly website templates OSWD.org was known for, it also maintained secret codes vital to the functioning of the TCP/IP protocol stack, which are now inaccessible. It is believed that their absence could bring the internet as we know it to a grinding halt. Engineers at the IETF and W3C are reportedly hard at work developing an alternative protocol stack that could replace TCP/IP, should such an catastrophe occur.

    Meanwhile, U.S. President George W. Bush has stated that he is willing to use military force to liberate TCP/IP from the oppression of OSWD.org, in keeping with America's historic role as protector of the internet.