Dovecot Oy merger with Open-Xchange AG

[Adrian Zaugg]

I think everyone shares your concerns. But there are no rules that the
outcome of this merger must get something bad, so let's see what
happens. I hope that it's true what Timo said and that dovecot can
evolve and get even better as it is today. Good luck guys!

Regards, Adrian.

On 23.03.15 15:08, Andreas Kasenides wrote:
> I find it extremely interesting that no one has commented on the merger
> of Dovecot Oy and Open-Xchange AG as announced by Timo on the 19th. Is
> this something that was known a long time ago and I missed? OK checked
> the on-line archive of the mailing list, no comments there - its not my
> email set-up - LOL.
> I am usually emotionally (at least) against of open-source projects
> loosing their independence to large corporations. Possibly due to bad
> experiences in the past when OSS were driven from Open to Obscure in the
> process of trying to make money out of them. I have several examples in
> mind but I will not give names. At least that is the impression I have
> which might be entirely wrong since when big companies begin to ask for
> large sums of money we just have to move away due to the small budget.
> Anyway this is not to about judging the move. Which I cannot do since I
> have no knowledge whatsover of the Dovecot enterprise internals and the
> difficulties that come with managing a leading software product. And,
> secondly, since I am (my employer ie) a non paying customer!!
> I was just struck by the fact that no one has commented on it.
> 
> I wish Dovecot the best in the new environment.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> On 19/03/15 12:26, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today I can finally announce that Dovecot Oy company has merged with
>> Open-Xchange AG. This helps us to get more Dovecot developers, support
>> people and so on. Most importantly, eventually it should allow me to
>> get back to doing what I like the most: Designing new and interesting
>> stuff for Dovecot and perfecting the old stuff :) OX is a great match
>> to Dovecot going forward. They also really like open source and share
>> our plans for the future. Nothing big will change as a result of this
>> merger: Dovecot will stay Dovecot with its own name and release
>> schedules. We're not going to force OX and Dovecot to be the same
>> product, other than having a somewhat deeper integration between them.
>>
>> Here are the press release links about it:
>> http://www.dovecot.fi/open-xchange-and-dovecot-announce-merger-to-create-worlds-leading-open-source-messaging-software-provider/
>>
>> http://www.open-xchange.com/dovecot
>> http://www.open-xchange.com/announcements/18
> 
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