similar to: Dovecot Oy merger with Open-Xchange AG

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 dislike type abstraction if it has no real reason. And saving on typing is not a good

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

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

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 Don, 2015-03-26 at 17:01 +0200, Andreas Kasenides wrote: > 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"?

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

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 Reindl. People like Nick who feel compelled to continue this persiflage

Andreas Kasenides skrev den 2015-04-03 15:53: > Please share. I know its easy to do, but share anyway! require ["imap4flags"]; # rule:[h.reindl at thelounge.net] if header :contains "From" "h.reindl at thelounge.net" { addflag "\\Seen"; } this dont break threads add this as the very first rule, before any fileinto, note no stop in the above rule

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. You say that OpenXchange really likes open source and shares your plans for the future. Is this a commitment that future versions

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

Am 03.04.2015 um 21:14 schrieb Benny Pedersen: > Andreas Kasenides skrev den 2015-04-03 15:53: > >> Please share. I know its easy to do, but share anyway! > > require ["imap4flags"]; > # rule:[h.reindl at thelounge.net] > if header :contains "From" "h.reindl at thelounge.net" > { > addflag "\\Seen"; > } > > this

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

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 >>>> *long-term* benefits of the OSS/free

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 > > *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

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 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 >>> *long-term* benefits of the OSS/free software (mainly because: usually >>> commercial success is driven and defined from marketing

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