From: John Morrison (jmorrison_at_ahc.net.au)
Date: 2002-03-05 23:14:57
> John Morrison wrote:
> > Yeah if they "dropped" the service that would be the END of a LOT of
> > the free software. :-(
>
> It wouldn't be the end -- people would find other places to host the
> projects. After all, everybody had hosting for their projects before
> VA Linux created SourceForge, even if it wasn't quite so web-oriented.
> SF as a central resource has just publicised the whole idea a lot more
> and got a lot of attention.
True too true but we would loose a lot simply because people didn't bother
to move it or they have moved on to other things.
and it is a great idea be a shame to loose it!
> I found the original articles, but there is a lot of nastiness around
> the whole issue. I'm guessing that there are some severe financial
> pressures within VA Linux, and the bad feeling is seeping out into
> their actions with the community. Maybe they can't really afford to
> be this generous. If you really do want to read all this, do a Google
> search for "SourceForge drifting". I don't really know what to
> believe with so much nastiness around the subject.
:-( that's the internet for you full of garbage and who likes digging in
garbage..........
Maybe I'll just ignore it and hope it doesn't happen!
I've had enough disappointments recently to last a life time!!
> Jim
John
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