On 2008-06-12, jim <jim@home.net> wrote:
>
> Most FOSS projects die within 5 years just because people have to feed their
> families. Just look at the FOSS Graveyard (aka sourceforge.net) and that's
> all the proof you need of the unsustainability of most FOSS projects.

FOSS projects die for a number of reasons, feeding the familiy is not the
only, or even the primary reason. Sourceforge is a bad example. People get
excited about an idea, run off to sourceforge open and account ( whatever )
then....then nothing. They discover it's been done or is being done. Most
dead projects at SF never even posted files.



ken