Wow. Just found an interesting article posted Aug 18, 2005 stating that Mambo will be no more. http://www.netshinesoftware.com/the-death-of-mambo.html Looks like there is a rift between the corporate sponsors and the developers. I hope this all pans out ok in the end.
yep you are right, i happen to know some of them and they told me thesame. The developers will start a new site, with thesame kind of mambo software, but then with another name!
It's a bizarre situation, and I feel sorry for the core Mambo developers who really got badly shafted by Miro We can only hope that even the "average" Mambo user will take a small interest in the politics of the project, or otherwise this little coup by Peter Lamont, the CEO of Miro, might just succeed (as in users continuing the use of the "false" but "official" Mambo by Miro, instead of the new and yet-to-be-named forked project). Despite the above sentiment, I'll take this opportunity to suggest anyone re-evaluating their commitment to Mambo also evaluate credible alternatives, such as for instance Drupal; Mambo is not the only kid on the block, and there are IMHO better alternatives (depending of course on your requirements). Personally I defected from Mambo to Drupal already some while back, and haven't looked back. Drupal is the first CMS in years to actually excite me (no, not in that way, you naughties ).
Ops Mambo is i think the most complete and very good content managment system and its going to die very sad news. May be in the future some one starts new cms project on the core of Mambo like Netscape--> Mozilla this happens mostly in the open source world
Willy got excited? [/end porn] Thanks for the comment I will go and test out Drupal, I don't use CMS systems but meh!
The good thing is that the current GPL allows the developers to use all of the code to create new version, but the name Mambo is owned by the sponsor company. This means they will lose the brand recognition, but retain the same code. I don't think this will be that big of a problem, the Internet tends to allow news of a good thing (new CMS) to travel quite quickly.
Yes, there's a lot of dust in the air at the moment and the Mambo-story seems to change to some new direction(s). After using Mambo for years (still have some sites on Mambo, but new sites are build on Drupal, though) I really feel sorry for the developer team as they seem got ignored by Miro. Easy to imagine their feelings... For them who want to keep informed how and to what direction the situation will end, the Development Team has set up their new web site: http://www.opensourcematters.org/ So, huge changes knocking on the door, but I'm confident they Development Team don't let Mambo users down.
I love it! Open source developers are saying NO to business interests trying to take over their project, so they say: Fine, we'll just keep developing under the GNU license while your software rots.
Such a shame that the collaboration wouldn't work. I don't know the full details but lets hope that Mambo doesn't suffer. It's got a great community and great code - it deserves to flourish!
Here's a newly published take on the situation from Miro: The Mambo Open Source Controversy - 20 Questions With Miro I have to say I'm amazed at the way they are trying to downplay what has happened: after all, the development team has just walked away from the project and the user community is in uproar. "No problem, it's all under control, a new development team will take over. As for you users, behave yourselves and don't be so immature about all this. It's just politics." Mambo as we know it is dead. Long live yet-to-be-named!
I have seen some of the same stuff. This could be bad... I know I, like a lot of you out there, have spent a BUNCH of hours getting things set up in Mambo. I would NOT want to go through that process again.
I would assume since the new project will be using the 4.5.3 code... I'm sure the upgrade to "the CNS formerly known as Mambo" should be seamless. At least I hope.