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After 12 years in business, the principals of BoostPro have decided it's time for new challenges. The technical leads are still pursuing their commitment to transforming the way software is written: John Wiegley has started working for FPComplete, building tools for Haskell programmers, and Dave Abrahams has joined a team at Apple, shaping the future of Mac and iOS development.

We thank you for your support of BoostPro over the years; it has been our privilege to serve you.

Note:The open source C++ library collection at Boost.org is still very much alive and well!

Why Open Source?

Given the right licensing policy, anyone can download and use a free library without making a major investment of time and other resources. Because the barrier to entry is so low, well-designed open source software libraries are used; and scrutinized—by more people in more ways than they would otherwise be, drawing in a diverse body of use cases.

A broad application base benefits a library’s stability in two ways: first, it exposes the edge cases in a library’s implementation that would otherwise go untested, leading quickly to a high degree of implementation stability. Second, the design is driven early on towards the most appropriate abstractions. As a result, the interface is more stable and the library more adaptable.

Finally, an open source library can have a brighter long-term future than a proprietary one. With many organizations vested in the library, responsibility for its health need not rest on a single person or group, and the option of making one’s own modifications is always available as a last resort.

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