I've seen lots of Open Source projects have promise, people jump in and help develop it, then after a couple of years, someone comes along with something better and people stop updating it. Really, there's no difference. If a product you use dies, no matter if it's OS or not, you're still stuck with a dead product. In my book, there's no difference.

>So where are all the abandoned Open Source projects???? If they are popular, the community supports them. If they aren't they die a natural death because not enough people find them useful. Seems like a much better way to pick tools than relying on the whims and politics of a big corporate gorilla!!