Leave the Project
It’s OK for your company to wind down a project it has released, withdrawing from the community and investing no more resources in it. Companies don’t like considering this option, not wanting to “waste” everything they’ve already invested. This behavior, also known as the Sunk Cost Fallacy,[271] leads a company to keep a project on life support, stumbling along beyond its natural days like some sort of FOSS zombie. Or if the company does decide to withdraw, they’ll do so abruptly and cause damage to the project, its community, and the company’s own reputation and brand.
Don’t create a zombie project. Don’t damage your brand. Take the appropriate steps, and the project will either fade away peacefully or be reborn under different ...
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