HUGE news: Nextcloud future of ownCloud!
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Nextcloud is out! Today we announce the news many of you have been waiting for: the future of private file sync and share! See our blog post.
In short, the core ownCloud contributors are forking into Nextcloud, kickstarting a new company. We'll develop a drop-in replacement with added security and stability fixes for home users, and will throw in Spreed.ME integration. Spreed.ME is secure, private video conferencing software, open source of course. We're becoming a single company, pushing a single, awesome product
For enterprise users - we'll also offer a drop-in replacement for the Enterprise Edition and offer a subscription. Whatever happens, we'll take care of users, both home and enterprise. Info on this page.
I know, big move. No need to make hasty decisions, we want to make this as smooth as possible but as with LibreOffice or MariaDB there will be a transition period. You can stay with ownCloud for now until we've released our replacement and just see what happens. We're not out to destroy ownCloud, after all - we ARE ownCloud. We're essentially doing a reboot, and many employees are either on board, talking to us or invited to join.
The why, how, what - there's more info on my private blog too.
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Wow, it's been a major week of news!
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Wow, and... you heard it here first. That's awesome!
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Finally the end to the rumors..
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@jospoortvliet do you have a rough roadmap for when Nextcloud will be released?
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@Kelly said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@jospoortvliet do you have a rough roadmap for when Nextcloud will be released?
From the site it looks like early July.
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@coliver said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@Kelly said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@jospoortvliet do you have a rough roadmap for when Nextcloud will be released?
From the site it looks like early July.
Reading the site?!?! Isn't that cheating?
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Nice!
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I believe the end users will lose on this. A month and a half ago, the main founder leaves the company then becomes CEO of this new company. Sounds like a reboot to me with an agenda to increase profits. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the end users will pay out of pocket for this. One of the things Frank seemed to complain about was the opensource community .
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@IRJ I was thinking the same
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@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
I believe the end users will lose on this. A month and a half ago, the main founder leaves the company then becomes CEO of this new company. Sounds like a reboot to me with an agenda to increase profits. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the end users will pay out of pocket for this. One of the things Frank seemed to complain about was the opensource community .
In the Q&A he says he is doing this specifically because ownCloud was no longer being opensource friendly. He also says he has long been an open source supporter for years.
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@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
One of the things Frank seemed to complain about was the opensource community .
I thought that it was the opposite. In his post about why he left it was because the open source community was not getting the necessary respect.
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@JaredBusch said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
I believe the end users will lose on this. A month and a half ago, the main founder leaves the company then becomes CEO of this new company. Sounds like a reboot to me with an agenda to increase profits. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the end users will pay out of pocket for this. One of the things Frank seemed to complain about was the opensource community .
In the Q&A he says he is doing this specifically because ownCloud was no longer being opensource friendly. He also says he has long been an open source supporter for years.
What does your gut tell you?
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@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
What does your gut tell you?
That forking for profit doesn't really work.
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@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@JaredBusch said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
I believe the end users will lose on this. A month and a half ago, the main founder leaves the company then becomes CEO of this new company. Sounds like a reboot to me with an agenda to increase profits. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the end users will pay out of pocket for this. One of the things Frank seemed to complain about was the opensource community .
In the Q&A he says he is doing this specifically because ownCloud was no longer being opensource friendly. He also says he has long been an open source supporter for years.
What does your gut tell you?
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. He's worked in several open source communities in the past and has been funding/contributing to them all along.
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@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@JaredBusch said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
@IRJ said in HUGE news: Nextcloud replacing ownCloud!:
I believe the end users will lose on this. A month and a half ago, the main founder leaves the company then becomes CEO of this new company. Sounds like a reboot to me with an agenda to increase profits. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the end users will pay out of pocket for this. One of the things Frank seemed to complain about was the opensource community .
In the Q&A he says he is doing this specifically because ownCloud was no longer being opensource friendly. He also says he has long been an open source supporter for years.
What does your gut tell you?
That he wants to make money selling a wonder box (aka appliance) and make money with support.
But that they fully intend that there will be a single solid Nextcloud product.
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Maybe you guys are right, but time will tell.
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https://karlitschek.de/2016/06/nextcloud/
Interesting blog post about what he plans for the future.
