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Seems like one of the better (best?) shutdowns Google has done IMO. There are several compelling (also free) alternatives (GitHub/etc.), so this isn't like Rea
by stephen 12y ago
Seems like one of the better (best?) shutdowns Google has done IMO.
There are several compelling (also free) alternatives (GitHub/etc.), so this isn't like Reader (which had previously killed a lot of viable/non-free competitors in its market).
They even have automated migration setup.
Looks pretty well done.
- sjs382 12y agoAgreed. There are viable alternatives, there are migration tools, and the "sunset" is staged nicely. You can't create any new projects on the service. You have 5 months to continue using the service while you work on finding an alternative. In 10 months, it's shut down, except that tarballs of project source, issues, and wikis will still be available. For ~12 more months (until the end of 2016), tar balls will be available for download. A 2-year shutdown is more than reasonable. Hopefully by then I'll catch all of the orphaned projects that I may want to use, and be able to save them elsewhere myself. Kudos, Google!