Wendelboe said:

Wendelboe

YEAH! Google is letting Jaiku go! OpenSource rocks!!

10 months, 1 week ago.

14 comments so far

  • larskjensen

    Isn't it just a way for Google to let the project go and continue to use the people that created it for other purposes?

    10 months, 1 week ago by larskjensen

  • Wendelboe

    @larskjensen: I'm sure it is, but it'll still be set free, and Jyri & Co. will hopefully keep working on it on their 1/5 days..

    10 months, 1 week ago by Wendelboe

  • EsbenThomsen

    This is great news!

    10 months, 1 week ago by EsbenThomsen

  • ThomasStabell

    Great!

    10 months, 1 week ago by ThomasStabell

  • vadsten

    The lack of daily care taking has led to grieves lately. I think Jaiku is dying - slowly but certainly.

    10 months, 1 week ago by vadsten

  • vadsten

    #comments" target="_new">http://malach.jaiku.com/presence/51764279#comments Unfortunately @malach our kiwi friend who was part of Jaiku before it got googled agrees with me. Please don't. Tell me I'm wrong.

    10 months, 1 week ago by vadsten

  • kimbach

    I agree. The current codebase seems to be "semi-fine", Jaiku seems to be more in need of people handling "operations" than major changes to the code.

    10 months, 1 week ago by kimbach

  • larskjensen

    This is a great way for Google to get rid of Jaiku (which they apparently didn't care much for in the first place) and to present the company as being committed to open source and openness in general.

    Quite a brilliant move, actually. Unless you're a Jaiku lover, I guess.

    10 months, 1 week ago by larskjensen

  • vadsten

    So, the (assumed) giganteous sum of money spent on Jaiku was just to get @Jyri, @Petteri and @Teemu to come work for Google!? I'd be flattered...

    ...and interested!! Got that, Google? Just send med a giganteous sum of money and a plane ticket, and I'm all yours. Google? Anyone?

    10 months, 1 week ago by vadsten

  • EsbenThomsen

    lars jeg tror nu ikke at google vil "af" med jaiku, ellers havde de da nok solgt det. Jaiku forsvinder da ikke af at det bliver open source.

    10 months, 1 week ago by EsbenThomsen

  • Wendelboe

    Gu' gør det nemlig fucking ej! Jaiku rocks på grund af os, brugerne! Og nu kan vi, brugerne få lov at bestemme hvordan legepladsen skal se ud! Jeg vil gerne have vipper derovre i den ende, gyngerne skal være der og klatrestativet skal stå lige midt i det hele - upside down!!

    10 months, 1 week ago by Wendelboe

  • steffenlarsen

    Til gengæld må du bare ikke lege med de andre på alle de andre legepladser, som alle andre laver ;)

    Som sagt ovenfor et sted, microblogging skal blive til en protokol, ellers går det ikke.

    10 months, 1 week ago by steffenlarsen

  • Wendelboe

    Og det er jeg helt enig i.. Men det samme gælder vel egentlig blogging.. Indtil protokollen bliver klar er en OSJaiku ikke det værste vi kan ha'! Og måske vi endda kan bygge en protokol med udgangspunkt i et stort OpenSource-projekt, hvilket Jaiku bliver fra day 1 in the wild..

    10 months, 1 week ago by Wendelboe

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