Form letter template for open source abandonware
raganwald.posterous.comBrrr, I would be terrified if something like this happened to any of the open source software I regularly use; and I even tried to get some 'pet issues' into them, which weren't honored, so I had to carry along private patches which I had to apply after every update, but at least I didn't 'bitch' about it.
Doesn't this happen all the time?
I did an opensource project that ran on the desktop (Windows, Linux and Mac) that talked to cell phones over a USB cable. This meant that approximately 100% of users did not code. There was a constant stream of abuse (all Windows users, correlation is not causation). It was a great relief when I left the project. I actually had the new project leader remove all my details from the project information so that I wouldn't be contacted any more!