Posted on: August 18, 2005 in PHP, Technology, Coding
Mambo developers stick a fork in it
It is being reported in a few different places that the core developers for Mambo have split from Miro, the commercial entity that holds the Mambo copyright and trademark. The problems stem from how Miro set up the Mambo Foundation, particularily how they failed to consult many of the main developers.
In response, it seems that the Mambo development team is going to fork the open source project and go forth on their own, which certainly puts many members of the Mambo community in a tight spot.
Most important though, is what will the new forked project be called? My vote is for Lambada, all though Meringue also has a nice ring to it.
Lessons for the Drupal community? Greed sucks, be open and transparent (especially when setting up a foundation), and play nice with others!
August 18th, 2005 at 11:15 pm
Why, I’m rightly proud to see so many blogs already supportin’ the cause of the community and core team of the CMS formerly known as Mambo.
I’ve been coverin’ this debacle in-depth since the beginning, with a low-down on just what Miro have done since August 11th. Surely it’s a date that will go down in open source history, no doubt.
Thankye kindly for takin’ the time to comment,
The Lone Mamber
August 19th, 2005 at 10:21 am
Thanks, and your site is quite informative! Anyone who is interested in the Mambo saga should definitely go there to get more information.
http://lonemamber.blogspot.com/