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We've seen other, similar, widely-used platforms lose prominence rather quickly. SourceForge and Google Code are two such examples (both of which also support G
by Pacabel 12y ago
We've seen other, similar, widely-used platforms lose prominence rather quickly. SourceForge and Google Code are two such examples (both of which also support Git these days). I see no reason why GitHub would be immune from such forces.
- pekk 12y agoIt isn't, but something better has to come along first. We'd still be using Sourceforge if it were not for its successors.
- the_watcher 12y agoThis is the key. Also, people need to remember that "better," in the case of taking over market leader position, means that the value add of the improvement must be > the benefits of using the market leader. This is a higher bar than simply newProductX > marketLeader.
- cothomps 12y agoIt helps that ad-driven SourceForge seems to be doing its best to shove people off the platform.