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Yet Sourceforge has been putting ads on open source projects for decades.
by synack 6mo ago
Yet Sourceforge has been putting ads on open source projects for decades.
- kadoban 6mo agoYeah, that's part of why nobody wants to use Sourceforge.
- DonHopkins 6mo agoWow, I haven't heard that name for decades.
- johnisgood 6mo agoJeez, that makes me feel old, and I am "only" just barely in 30. :( Remember https://web.archive.org/web/20050204100149/http://cia.navi.cx/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050204100149/http://cia.navi.c... BTW? For the uninitiated: https://web.archive.org/web/20050129022102/http://cia.navi.cx/doc https://web.archive.org/web/20050129022102/http://cia.navi.c.... :D Good times! This takes me back. It is just one of those artifacts of early 2000s that was associated with open source hacker culture. It truly felt magical at the time.
- oneeyedpigeon 6mo agoIronically, that's what probably killed Sourceforge and helped GitHub take off. It remains to be seen whether Codeberg will now repeat the process.
- zvqcMMV6Zcr 6mo agoSF required application form, where you had to explain why you are worthy to have your git repo hosted by SF. By the time they processed it I already forgot I even applied. I think that was actual reason for them being destroyed by GitHub, that had simple, fully automated signup.
- trueno 6mo agoyeah, uh you're definitely driving home the point here. that's why no one uses sourceforge anymore.