I can't se anything in the article that would indicate that the core developers have stopped working on it. The message by David Dawes gives me the impression that the "core team" and the core deveolpers aren't necessarily the same people.
If you ask me, xfree86 doesn't need much "inovation". It works great the way it is! Of course, that shouldn't stop other people from taking the xfree code and do radically new stuff with it. If someone manages to come up with something that is significantly better than xfree I'll be more than happy to switch.
AllTheWeb started out as an experimental second site by Lycos
AllTheWeb was actually developed by Fast, not Lycos. Fast's websearch business was bought by Overture earlier this year, before Overture was bought by Yahoo.
What Yahoo will do with AllTheWeb is anyone's guess...
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You don't get it. Free Software is not about cost, its about Freedom!
Why do we need two widgets?
Because if you only had one widget, all GUI programs would be a pain to use.
No, It isn't.
If you ask me, xfree86 doesn't need much "inovation". It works great the way it is! Of course, that shouldn't stop other people from taking the xfree code and do radically new stuff with it. If someone manages to come up with something that is significantly better than xfree I'll be more than happy to switch.
how many mobile phone viruses are there? None that I am aware of
Viruses (virii?) are not your only worry: How to crash a phone by SMS
AllTheWeb was actually developed by Fast, not Lycos. Fast's websearch business was bought by Overture earlier this year, before Overture was bought by Yahoo.
What Yahoo will do with AllTheWeb is anyone's guess...