http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/taxonomy/term/964/0 en http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/699 <p>In <a href="http://blog.sciencelogic.com/links-list-7308/07/2008">this</a> article the ScienceLogic blogs wonders.</p> <blockquote><p> Here’s an interview with David Lily, founder and CEO. Hmm. What happened to CEO Ranga Rangachari? As far as I can tell, he disappeared somewhere between Nov 2007 and Jan 2008. No announcement that I could find… Wonder how things are going for GroundWork? Are they about to follow QLusters and drop the “Open Source” part of their name that they tacked on a couple years back? </p></blockquote> <p>Then followed up with the <a href="http://blog.sciencelogic.com/qlusters-out-of-business/07/2008">article on Qlusters closing shop</a> where they identify different reasons for an Open Source systems management shop to close</p> <blockquote><p> What are the signs that a systems management company is going out of business?</p> <p>a) they abandon their open source project, which was supposedly tied to their commercially supported version</p> <p>b) they switch CEOs very very quietly</p> <p>c) they are an “open source” company trying to actually make money (via paying customers, not VC)</p> <p>d) all of the above </p></blockquote> <p>I've read rumours about GroundWorks management leaving before, but are they really heading the same direction ?</p> <p>Now while we are on the crazy similarities subject ...</p> <p>Remember Caldera ? Who bought SCO, after which it rebranded to SCO ?<br /> Didn't have a nice ending didn't it ? So can you come up with another example of such a TakeOver and Rebrand scenario ?</p> http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/699#comments caldera doomed groundwork openqrm opensource proprietary crap qlusters sco vc Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:55:44 +0000 Kris Buytaert 699 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog