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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.'"
WTF happened to light mode? Now I have to futz around with Greasemonkey to get rid of the ass-ugly font that I thought I'd gotten rid of when the CSS layout changed. What the fuck?
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SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Ulrich Reichert nearly lept out of bed with a rush of hot pride when he
remembered that he had been selected by the Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler himself to
be inducted into SS-Ahnenerbe. The holiest, inner shrine of a race that had once left
dying planet to breathe the flame of creativity into this world, the portals to this sanctum
where now thrown wide open. Sitting at the breakfast table in a giant cellar hall filled
with hundreds of other officers, Reichert casually got up and saundered over to the polish
woman assigned to serve his table. He tapped her lightly on the shoulder while courteously
saying "Excuse me, mein Fraulein" upon which she startled and spun around. Before her eyes
could fix on him he had already thrown his fist straight into her slavic face. His blow
to her face, the connecting of his knuckles between her eyes and her subsequent collapse
would have appeared as a single, fluid motion to the other officers consuming their opulent
breakfast had they only bothered to look. A sudden flash of inspiration overtook Reichert
just in this moment. Acting impulsively and without thought nor trepidation he all of the
suddenly called out to the hall: "Meine Herren, gentlemen, may I have your attention please?
Your attention please, I have an important announcement to make!". The chatter in the room
slowly subsided and Reichert could feel a hundred steel-blue teutonic eyes fix him as he
became the center of attention. "Thank you. Meine Herren, it is my great pleasure to inform
you that you will all be eaten by cruel bears". It must have been a startling announcement
because he heard many a knife or fork drop to the plate. The assembled elite of the elite,
stared at him in disbelieve, shook their heads and went on with their food and conversation.
Soon the room was filled with the same level of chatter it had before Reichert had made his
enigmatic announcement. Two week later, Reichelt had himself forgotten all about his unusual
announcement he was summoned to the Reichsfuehrer-SS. The interview by Himmler was short and to the
point and ended with an inspection of his genitals. Reichert saluted sharply, turned about-face
and made for the door when he heard the Reichsfuehrer muttering to himself "Cruel bears,
indeed, little does he know, so little does he know."
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So it is indeed nothing like SourForge where anybody can place their code.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.