Oracle Shuttering OpenSSO 128
mdm42 writes "OpenSSO is one of the best open source web Single Sign On projects out there. Sun Microsystems made OpenSSO open source in 2008, so it's sad to see how, after absorbing Sun, Oracle is shutting down this amazing project, labelling it 'not strategic' and dismembering the few parts they think are worthwhile for their own SSO effort. They started by freezing the next express release, and during the last few weeks they have been removing all the open source downloads from the OpenSSO website and removing content from the wiki. Fortunately, a Norwegian company called ForgeRock has stepped up to the plate in an attempt to salvage the project under the new name OpenAM."
Re: Maybe not (Score:3, Funny)
OpenAM? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The Sun Also Sets (Score:3, Funny)
Because they want to monazite any parts of it they can pilfer.
They want to mine rare earths [wikipedia.org] from their software?
Re:The Sun Also Sets (Score:3, Funny)
Good for them (Score:3, Funny)
SSO is a pretty backwards way to do Open Source Software.
Re:MySQL next? (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.fas.gov.ru/merger/decisions032010/a_29515.shtml
I ran that link through Google Translator, and it came back with: "All your queries are belong to us" and "MySQL will be renamed OurSQL".
Re: Maybe not (Score:1, Funny)
Why? MySQL is a goose laying golden eggs. Why would Oracle kill it?
Are you nuts? That fucker is full of GOLDEN EGGS!!! Haven't you heard of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Geez, kids these days.
Re:MySQL next? (Score:1, Funny)
Sadly? Perhaps it'll force people to use a proper database like Access or SQL Server.