Re: [LIG] Open Source Community Hall of shame?
Kingsly John <[email protected]>
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+++ VaibhaV Sharma [2006-03-13 11:14:18]: > > On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > > >On 13/03/06, VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav-Eu1RwsQd+Wna6/ykmkUfTgC/[email protected]> wrote: > >>One fine day, the site gets updated with various "hardware and > >>services for sale" advertisements by the company that started the > >>site and the site heading still says it is a "community website". On > > > >Well, running the site must be costing this company something. So why > >not? With the evidence at hand, I find nothing wrong in the situation, > >or anything to shame this company for. > > > Why call it a community site to start with and then convert it to an > online store and still call it a community website? Who gets the profit? Pretty much the same thing that happened with http://linux-bangalore.org/ ? From the kind of reactions there were to what happened with LB, I can assure you that the "community" doesn't care as long they get what they want. Atleast the pbx.in guys seem to be open about the whole thing. Kingsly -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642