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And SourceForge. It was the GitHub of its day, in terms of ubiquity and popularity. It's hard to believe, given how corporate and ad-heavy it is now, but ther
by haberman 5y ago
And SourceForge. It was the GitHub of its day, in terms of ubiquity and popularity.
It's hard to believe, given how corporate and ad-heavy it is now, but there was a time when one of the first considerations in naming a new project was seeing whether foo.sf.net was available.
- zeruch 5y agoOnce the old guard left or were jettisoned from VA, the fall was inevitable. The desperation crept in to survive and it rapidly became a race to the bottom. I knew once folks like the Thinkgeek founders and the last of the core SF team bolted that no hope was left. The fact that it survives, even in its current punchline without a setup configuration, might be a testament to how well and durable it started at.