It can't happen with open source software if it is "THE big thing". If nobody uses it, that's another matter.
>I don't follow Open Source that much, however...It isn't a development tool, but MySpace used to be THE big thing. Where is it today? It CAN happen with dev tools.
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>>Yeah, but you can't name a popular open source project that has "died". Yet if there is a corporate sponsor (like Microsoft) or a small company with proprietary code, popular products can and do die. Microsoft has no problem trying to kill things left and right because of political whim or some sort of perceived needed strategy. Can't happen in open source. Period.