Google Announces Open Source Repository

NewsForge (also owned by OSTG) has word of Google's newest product: an open-source project repository. Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier sat down for a talk with Greg Stein and Chris DiBona, who say that the product is very similar to sites like SourceForge but is not intended to compete with them. From the article: "Instead, Stein says that the goal is to see what Google can do with the Google infrastructure, to provide an alternative for open source projects. DiBona says that it's a 'direct result of Greg concentrating on what open source projects need. Most bugtrackers are informed by what corporations' and large projects need, whereas Google's offering is just about what open source developers need. Stein says that Google's hosting has a 'brand new look' at issue tracking that may be of interest to open source projects, and says 'nobody else out there is doing anything close to it.'"

Comments

SourceForge, we hardly knew ye

[TopShelf]

...who say that the product is very similar to sites like SourceForge but is not intended to compete with them.

I guess they mean that in the sense that the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't intended to compete with an intramural squad playing in a park. Shall we start the SourceForge countdown clock?

Re:SourceForge, we hardly knew ye

[colmore]

Seeing as I had gone for the long shot and picked "July 2006" on Lance Bass, this could really be my month!

More words missing from the original post

[jimbogun]

"very similar to sites like SourceForge but is not intended to compete with them" ****Missing from the original post**** ", but is intended to replace them." Why compete when you can crush?

Obligatory

[andytrevino]

I, for one, welcome our new overl[b]oooooo[/b]rds.

Re:Obligatory

[andytrevino]

I, for one, welcome our new overl[b]oooooo[/b]rds.

And that, kids, is why we use the 'Preview' button. Durr.

Re:SourceForge is easy to beat

[SoCalChris]

Speaking of beating things, they must be marketing to the teenage/early 20's male programmer.

Have you seen their slogan?

Release early, release often

but is it open source

[brenddie]

But, is it open source? Not like sourceforge is.

Next: Googledot?

[bomanbot]

Whats next? An extension to Google News, where nobody reads the articles, but everybody stays for the discussion? I smell a pattern here ;-)

Now they just need some OSS naming...

[StikyPad]

"Google Code" sounds way too professional. Might I suggest:

Google Repository for Open-Source Software
Or perhaps Google Open-source Repository Project.

Re:Now they just need some OSS naming...

[oxfletch]

Google Repository for Open Projects Evironment

SourceForge has ads?

[aztracker1]

/me turns off adblock now... ;)

Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?

[Anonymous Coward]

Google is encouraging piracy!!! :-)

Of course, I happen to think that's a good thing, ye scurvey dogs, ye.

Re:SourceForge is easy to beat

[A Brand of Fire]

Sounds like those young'uns need to learn Tantric programming.

maybe google will even remember that i'm logged in

[mlinksva]

! (sf.net's "remember me" checkbox has never done anything for me. how annoying.)

Re:SourceForge is easy to beat

[Anonymous Coward]

Were you drunk when you posted that? Just curious...

Chris DiBona and SourceForge non-compete?

[otisg]

Wasn't Chris DiBona at SourceForge prior to Google? It's nice to see those non-compete agreements are not enforced. Good thing he didn't work for Microsoft, or he'd get a chair in the head. ;)