Although Google has earned a bad reputation by shutting down some of their services, I think this recommendation is simply FUD. 1. v8 is just a Google project.

Although Google has earned a bad reputation by shutting down some of their services, I think this recommendation is simply FUD. 1. v8 is just a Google project. Their decisions doesn't represent the company as a whole. 2. They just changed the VCS. 3. When Google is going to shut down a service, they warn you several months in advance. Honestly, whether Google will shut down Google Code or not should not be a concern until they announce it officially...