Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing

Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by rattray on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @11:09PM (#9736638)

I think Dropbox is the entity we should be disappointed in here. They clearly want to be good citizens of the community, but this is a sign of "evil megacorpdom" that rather contrasts with "employs Guido Van Rossum to work on Python and sponsors Pyston".

I hope we're able to demonstrate to their M&A team that moves like this hurt their reputation and make it harder for them to hire & acquire.

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Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by eli on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @11:36PM (#9736720)

I'd be really careful in assuming malice.

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Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by rattray on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @11:43PM (#9736740)

Thanks for clarifying - this is much more likely a sign that "dropbox doesn't have their shit together, and acquiring things is hard" than "dropbox is trying to be evil".

But I would expect a company at their stage to communicate clearly and consistently about promises they make to the community, execute against them, and then issue prompt apologies with explanations and timelines when they don't follow through.

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Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by BinaryIdiot on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @11:13PM (#9736655)

> I think Dropbox is the entity we should be disappointed in here. They clearly want to be good citizens of the community

Maybe or maybe not. I don't see any evidence (yet at least) that shows this is either Dropbox's or the original team's doing. I'm curious as to why they'd announce it then not go through with it without saying something to the community.

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