The future of LxLabs is LxCenter.

LxCenter is the consortium that is taking over the development of the code and the responsibility for fixing said code. I will be working on the development of Kloxo and am in the process of getting things moved over, along with Danny of NetTuningGroup. He is the leader of development of HyperVM.

Bhargava is working with both of us as the third consortium leader.

Both Danny and I made our recommendations for developers for our specific teams and we all voted on the members. We both posted the picks on the LxLabs forum and informed them of their choosing.

At this point, we are still migrating the sites over to the new server we have, courtesy of DMEHosting.

At this point in time, that is all I can say about what is going on so far. I will try to keep you all updated as to the status of the move as much as I possibly can.

We will be working on the code from the moment we receive it, firstly determining the license structure (OS license to use). Then we will fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. After all of that, we will remove the paid licensing code and release the first version under LxCenter and both products will then be Open Source products.

I would like to thank all of you for your support in this move and I would like to thank in particular Danny, Bhargava, Brijesh, DMEHosting, and all of the developers who applied for HyperVM or Kloxo development positions.

UPDATE: NEWER POST HERE.

The future of LxLabs has been under much debate and question since its owner, Ligesh, committed suicide last month, June 9th 2009.

I was one of the first to blog about his death, though at the time, the reason was unknown. It is still unknown, as with nearly all suicides.

The future of LxLabs was determined by Ligesh’s cousin, Brijesh a few days ago when he posted on the LxLabs forum. He determined that a consortium shall be created to manage the products. He wants the code to be out of the public’s eyes for two years (or close to it), while the image and trust becomes properly recreated.

I was contacted by and contacted the forum user lxbhargava, a former employee of Ligesh about the possibility of being part of the consortium. Brijesh had recommended that the top contributors get free membership into the consortium and get the ability to modify the code to make it better.

I informed Mr. Bhargava that I was personally interested in working on Kloxo, as that is where my two years of experience lies. He responded and mentioned that he wants me to be part of the development of Kloxo. This is a major plus in my development life. It is sad how my role came about though, and it is tragic.

I will be starting with development as soon as Mr. Bhargava desires, as I have let him know. A non-profit organization will be created in the US, or that is what I believe will be occurring from my communication with Mr. Bhargava. He said a client of theirs will be helping with the legal aspects of the transition, and that due to more than “95% customers are from US” the “obvious choice would be to follow US norms” in regards to the consortium. That leads me to believe that he is following my recommendation of having a non profit in the USA and one in India.

I believe that is the best way to do this, as it would leave two non profit organizations in charge of the consortium. Both would be specifically working on the projects and as such, it would have redundancy.

Another great positive about one being in the US is that the public will know they can trust the products because the US organization will have to follow US laws in regards to security of the products.

This means Ligesh’s dreams will live on forever, even though he did not.

Ligesh was a great developer, though I never personally knew him. I did chat with him on occasion through his forums, commonly offering my suggestion for new features, etc.

Hopefully the consortium will start soon and get off its feet being able to regain public trust and its market share.

And now begins the new chapter for LxLabs and for me in my life. My role will most likely be unpaid, though I do not mind, because I will be working with some of the great people in the web hosting industry.

Happy Fourth of July 2009 to all!

It was a little late, officially July 5th when I wrote this, but regardless, Happy Fourth to all in America, and worldwide for those who celebrate it with us.

Had a good day today, hopefully so did all Americans, except for those who are undeserving of it.