I was around. Look, giving away open source software might have been a big deal back then. It isn't now. Lots of companies release open source software, up to and including open sourcing their entire product.
The reality of the matter is that SourceForge is a dinosaur that needs to die. They may have once been great, but they aren't anymore.
Say what you will about the trolls, but they're right. And sourceforge has no one to blame but themselves.
Not to mention that it's our right to say whatever we want on our twitter stream, regardless of if we've paid for or tried to help the object of our complaints. Sourceforge doesn't owe me anything, nor do I owe them anything.
Look, giving away open source software might have been a big deal back then. It isn't now. Lots of companies release open source software, up to and including open sourcing their entire product.
That's not what I'm grateful to SourceForge for. I'm grateful for the terabytes of transfer they've provided my projects over the years. They've also effectively hosted mailing lists and websites that receive tremendous traffic. I have my doubts that github could handle all of those aspects of that kind of service, even now that they've grown up. I suspect they'd have a lot of the same growing pains SourceForge experienced.
The reality of the matter is that SourceForge is a dinosaur that needs to die.
Really? You have no concern at all for the thousands of projects that still rely on SourceForge infrastructure?
I don't think I'm ever going to be able to see eye to eye with you on this one.
Not to mention that it's our right to say whatever we want on our twitter stream, regardless of if we've paid for or tried to help the object of our complaints.
Yes, it's your right to say anything you want. But, bitching without doing anything positive makes you a drain on the community, rather than a help. Bitch all you want about problems; but unless you're helping solve them, I reserve the right to view you (very) negatively because of it.
The reality of the matter is that SourceForge is a dinosaur that needs to die. They may have once been great, but they aren't anymore.
Say what you will about the trolls, but they're right. And sourceforge has no one to blame but themselves.
Not to mention that it's our right to say whatever we want on our twitter stream, regardless of if we've paid for or tried to help the object of our complaints. Sourceforge doesn't owe me anything, nor do I owe them anything.