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> Before 2007, the way to participate in Open Source was fragmented. Um...ever hear of Source Forge? Yeah, before 2007 there was another OSS hegemony. It faile
by jballanc 11y ago
> Before 2007, the way to participate in Open Source was fragmented.
Um...ever hear of Source Forge? Yeah, before 2007 there was another OSS hegemony. It failed to meet its users needs. It was replaced.
So it goes.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoThe Internet has a VERY short memory.
- fxn 11y agoThe author of the post had projects in SourceForge, also listed in Freshmeat. But they were not hubs at the GitHub level, contributing to Open Source was fragmented.
- Gratsby 11y agoAnd then they decided to inject adware into OSS installers. What a nightmare that was.