“Frontier's Kernel Source Released”

Introducing Frontier 10.0a1: Fly, little bird, be free.

I've invested so much of my working life into Frontier, there's no way for me to articulate how strongly, and how suddenly, this release has affected me. I didn't expect it to affect me at all.

There was a time that I loved Frontier. A big part of me still does. Years ago, we were a powerful group of very smart people, buzzing around Frontier and writing magic. Then, over time, the kernel began to stagnate. The buzzing dulled. Many of the smart people moved on. I felt trapped, I had a very cool commercial product -- the basic foundation of my business -- built on this tool, but it clearly was going nowhere fast. I continued to work on it, to improve my product, but always looking and planning to move to another platform as soon as possible.

When Dave announced that the source would be released, I was determined not to let it affect me. I wouldn't let this thing I loved hurt me again. ;-) Imagine my surprise, then, when reading about the release and listening to Dave's audio commentary almost brought tears to my eyes.

I still don't see how I could invest more years of my life into Frontier, but I'm very, very happy to know that it will live on, and perhaps begin to grow and change again.