similar to: Dovecot Oy merger with Open-Xchange AG

On 23 Mar 2015, at 19:41, Patrick Coffin <patrick at coffininc.com> wrote: > > > To Timo and the Dovecot guys - congratulations! I'm sure this merger with OpenXchange is going to provide you with a lot of resources and opportunities. > > As a longtime user of dovecot, I do have a few concerns. I wonder if you can answer some questions for me. I could probably give

On 3/25/15, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote: > On 23 Mar 2015, at 19:41, Patrick Coffin <patrick at coffininc.com> wrote: >> >> >> To Timo and the Dovecot guys - congratulations! I'm sure this merger with >> OpenXchange is going to provide you with a lot of resources and >> opportunities. >> >> As a longtime user of dovecot, I do

Am 23.03.2015 15:08 schrieb Andreas Kasenides: > I am usually emotionally (at least) against of open-source projects > loosing their independence to large corporations. Possibly due to bad > experiences in the past when OSS were driven from Open to Obscure in > the process of trying to make money out of them. 2ct from me-- I put it this way: if dovecot would have been a

I think everyone shares your concerns. But there are no rules that the outcome of this merger must get something bad, so let's see what happens. I hope that it's true what Timo said and that dovecot can evolve and get even better as it is today. Good luck guys! Regards, Adrian. On 23.03.15 15:08, Andreas Kasenides wrote: > I find it extremely interesting that no one has commented on

Hi all, Today I can finally announce that Dovecot Oy company has merged with Open-Xchange AG. This helps us to get more Dovecot developers, support people and so on. Most importantly, eventually it should allow me to get back to doing what I like the most: Designing new and interesting stuff for Dovecot and perfecting the old stuff :) OX is a great match to Dovecot going forward. They also really

Hi all, Today I can finally announce that Dovecot Oy company has merged with Open-Xchange AG. This helps us to get more Dovecot developers, support people and so on. Most importantly, eventually it should allow me to get back to doing what I like the most: Designing new and interesting stuff for Dovecot and perfecting the old stuff :) OX is a great match to Dovecot going forward. They also really

I hate to have started this, especially the "sister" thread that has dissented into a flame war of what is OSS. Let me say that I believe there is nothing wrong trying to make money on ones efforts. Actually it is a must. How can anyone continue to put efforts into a project when there is no reward? Especially when most of the effort is by a single individual. Secondly there comes a

I find it extremely interesting that no one has commented on the merger of Dovecot Oy and Open-Xchange AG as announced by Timo on the 19th. Is this something that was known a long time ago and I missed? OK checked the on-line archive of the mailing list, no comments there - its not my email set-up - LOL. I am usually emotionally (at least) against of open-source projects loosing their

On 3/19/2015 3:26 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Hi all, > > Today I can finally announce that Dovecot Oy company has merged with Open-Xchange AG. This helps us to get more Dovecot developers, support people and so on. Most importantly, eventually it should allow me to get back to doing what I like the most: Designing new and interesting stuff for Dovecot and perfecting the old stuff :) OX is

Am 25.03.2015 um 13:23 schrieb Nick Edwards: > > So there *is* a chance it will be commercialised > Hasn't it been commercial for a long time? -- Peter

Brad Smith skrev den 2015-03-25 16:58: > On 03/25/15 08:46, Peter Chiochetti wrote: >> Am 25.03.2015 um 13:23 schrieb Nick Edwards: >>> So there *is* a chance it will be commercialised >> Hasn't it been commercial for a long time? > When was the last time you paid for Dovecot? The base product is > open source and free for anyone to use. only paid here by

Am 25.03.2015 um 18:03 schrieb Benny Pedersen: > Brad Smith skrev den 2015-03-25 16:58: >> On 03/25/15 08:46, Peter Chiochetti wrote: >>> Am 25.03.2015 um 13:23 schrieb Nick Edwards: >>>> So there *is* a chance it will be commercialised >>> Hasn't it been commercial for a long time? >> When was the last time you paid for Dovecot? The base product is

Reindl Harald skrev den 2015-03-25 18:08: > with your argumentation making a shit would also not be completly free > because you need to pinch ass bakes..... and you write this on public walls ?

Brad Smith skrev den 2015-03-25 20:20: >> only paid here by compileing time, still have dovecot v1 working, so >> open source it not complete free, as long it compiles fine i am happy > > Not making any sense. punktum ? if i really need to install precompiled problems i could aswell install windows 10, and be happy, its just not opensource when the sources is not shown,

On 26/03/15 13:05, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > On Mon, 2015-03-23 at 16:08 +0200, Andreas Kasenides wrote: >> I am usually emotionally (at least) against of open-source projects >> loosing their independence to large corporations. Possibly due to bad > OX-AG is a "large corporation"? > Did I miss something? > > Kind regards, > Bernd I have no idea how large

Am 01.04.2015 um 13:04 schrieb Bernd Petrovitsch: > IMHO the larger the corporation is, the less are the chances for > *long-term* benefits of the OSS/free software (mainly because: usually > commercial success is driven and defined from marketing to sales[1] sown > to the techies which are forced into "features" and "delivery dates" to > achieve some

Am 02.04.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Edwardo Garcia: > On 4/1/15, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote: >> Am 01.04.2015 um 14:33 schrieb Bernd Petrovitsch: >>> On Mit, 2015-04-01 at 13:07 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: >>>> Am 01.04.2015 um 13:04 schrieb Bernd Petrovitsch: >>>>> IMHO the larger the corporation is, the less are the chances for

Am 02.04.2015 um 18:19 schrieb Jogi Hofm?ller: > Am 2015-04-02 um 17:49 schrieb Reindl Harald: >> Am 02.04.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Edwardo Garcia: >>> On 4/1/15, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote: >>>> Am 01.04.2015 um 14:33 schrieb Bernd Petrovitsch: >>>>> On Mit, 2015-04-01 at 13:07 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:

People, PLEASE do not engage Reindl on the list, it always results in this kind of garbage that the adults on the list could do without. If you feel compelled to 'call him out', then by all means do so, but do it PRIVATELY. Thanks. On 4/2/2015 11:28 PM, Nick Edwards <nick.z.edwards at gmail.com> wrote: > you wouldnt know, your not a developer, shit processor maybe, but not >

On 03/04/15 16:09, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:42:42 -0400, Charles Marcus stated: > >> People, PLEASE do not engage Reindl on the list, it always results in >> this kind of garbage that the adults on the list could do without. >> >> If you feel compelled to 'call him out', then by all means do so, but do >> it PRIVATELY. > It is not just