JBoss Group, which provides commercial support for JBoss, a Java-based open source application server, is not stressed over
the departure of several workers to a newly formed open source integration company this week.
Seven persons who had been working at JBoss as independent contractors departed to form Core Developers Network, according
to JBoss. But a JBoss official said developers come and go and that the departures were nothing to get upset about.
"It's really not a big deal and it’s something that we’ve seen for a long time," said Ben Sabrin, director of sales and business
development at JBoss Group in Atlanta, on Thursday. Core Developers Network was formed on Wednesday after employees departed
JBoss Group on Tuesday, according to JBoss and Core Developers Network sources.
"These people weren't our employees. They were individuals that came to the open source JBoss project that we funded," Sabrin
said. "Basically, they were subcontractors that we needed to fulfill work."
"These guys have formed yet another consulting company trying to make a buck from open source," Sabrin said. "As far as the
big scheme of things, does this affect JBoss the project or JBoss Group the business? No, not at all."
"I personally don't have any animosities. If people decide their career path is not the career path that exists in our company,
they’re not people that we want around," said Sabrin.
He did express disdain for the developers suddenly departing on Tuesday and starting another company the very next day. The
associates did not provide prior notice of their exits, according to JBoss Group. A Core Developers Network spokesman could
not be immediately reached for comment on Thursday afternoon.
JBoss has 30 employees and has given read-write access privileges to the JBoss application server to 80 persons, according
to the company.
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