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SourceForge Code Release

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-look-free-source-code dept.

Precision writes "SourceForge, the opensource hosting service provided by VA Linux, has announced the initial code release. You can grab a copy here." SourceForge rocks my world.

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  1. Microsoft could take a clue. by Jikes · · Score: 4

    With places like server51, sourceforge, xnot, and all their ilk, any dork who can type gcc can enter the world of program creation... This is a good thing. It gets people comfortable with software creation and the tools used.
    Microsoft is one of the biggest software manufacturers there is. Their products cover EVERYTHING. Yet not much else than Visual Basic is readily accessible by the average computer enthusiast. Why would it not be in MS's best interest to flood the market with dirt cheap or free copies of VC++ and development kits for the younguns to play with? Or do they do this already? Just a thought.

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  2. This is neat! by jd · · Score: 5
    This is one -hell- of a system! I like it! At the moment, I've got most of the Free Film Project scattered over a bunch of systems, because no one of them provides everything I need. This will help me rationalise everything, a lot!

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  3. Re:Watch Out ... by Ledge+Kindred · · Score: 4
    No not really. I've come to the conclusion that the /. gang just doesn't want to release the code for whatever reason and just uses the "the code's ugly, it still has bugs, it only works on our systems" rationalizations as excuses. Why? Who knows. Who cares. There are a number of other products out there now, like Squishdot that HAVE released the code, so I'll use those instead.

    As for the usefulness of SourceForge code, you better believe it! I work for a small software shop - one that's too small to be able to afford to buy some Big Brand Name project management software. Not that that's ever really hurt us - we're using pretty much all the same tools that SourceForge is front-ending, which means that if I can slap SourceForge on top of the stuff we're already doing, whammo, I have instant web-based project management for our little company and the only thing it cost us was the time it takes me to get it set up! And besides, I'll have all the code that makes it run, so I can easily modify it to suit our needs if I need to! Yes, my time is valuable and I could have been out there working on pay projects, but I think the end-result is much more valuable to us than if we had bought some closed-box software of which we didn't understand the inner workings.

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  4. Arrogant and hypocritical by SurfsUp · · Score: 4

    Don't you remember CmdrTaco saying in the recnt interview that everytime someone asks about it, he's going to delay the slash release by 24 hrs?

    Yes, I perceived that as arrogant and hypocritical, and I wasn't impressed.

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