Ask Slashdot: Aging and Orphan Open Source Projects?

osage writes: Several colleagues and I have worked on an open source project for over 20 years under a corporate aegis. Though nothing like Apache, we have a sizable user community and the software is considered one of the de facto standards for what it does. The problem is that we have never been able to attract new, younger programmers, and members of the original set have been forced to find jobs elsewhere or are close to retirement. The corporation has no interest in supporting the software. Thus, in the near future, the project will lose its web site host and be devoid of its developers and maintainers. Our initial attempts to find someone to adopt the software haven't worked. We are looking for suggestions as to what course to pursue. We can't be the only open source project in this position.

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To be a sanctimonious twit, you must first be one

[Anonymous Coward]

It sucks that you put in all this effort and nobody thanks you Christmas morning.
You poor dears.

Maybe it's because you're entirely irrelevant. Go away quietly or create a foundation.

You can take the bumper sticker off now that reads "Made a really important software thingie that everyone needs daily!"

Dry those tears and tell everyone how important your code is. After all, without your evangelism *yawn*.

M

Re:To be a sanctimonious twit, you must first be o

[NeoTron]

Sometimes, I wish there was a Slashdot rating of "Toxic" with a score of -1000

On saying that though, the original question is pretty crap - no details of said project given.