I am currently working on a non-profit project hosted at Launchpad.Net. Although it is a large ERP-size project instead of several small projects, I don't see why it wouldn't work for you.
Of course, as other posters have pointed out, exposing the source is only one part of successfully running open projects.
Cloud is another example of the same. Read vendor's ad's replacing the word "cloud" with "service center" or "network" as appropriate and watch the magic go away. Read it to your boss and see his common sense come back online (unless, of course, you are being paid big bucks for the magic, then hide this and run away! run away!)
Not mentioned anywhere is the fact that regular Works is eligible for MS office upgrade BUT adware works is NOT. Which could be a potentially significant cost difference if you need MS office.
And yes, our Sony Viao came with the adware version of works, not the regular version.
Early in my career, I was writing code for a small system which required 12 hour compiles. Intermediate compile results were written to three cassette drives (standard music cassettes). As cassettes filled up they had to be removed and replaced in exactly the correct order or the system would freeze and you had to start over. Not only that, but the compiler was slightly flaky and would sometimes hang even if you did everything right. If the compiler hung, you had a fifty-fifty chance that it would continue if you pushed the red console reset button.
I was in one of those intense periods where we needed a clean compile every day. So I would code for a couple of hours, fire off a compile, and then monitor it into the night. Needless to say, after a few days, I was pretty wiped.
Late One evening, deep into the compile, the dreaded hang occurred (you could tell because the cassettes stopped turning). With trembling hand, I reached for the red button to see my fate. I pushed the button (at least I think I pushed the right button).
The console began to print...
"Not that button you idiot! the red button"
In my sleep-deprived stupor, I could only stare. Then I hesitantly reached out and pushed the red button again. The machine burped, The cassettes began to turn, I could only watch and wait the remaining hours of the compile to see if I had running code.
And no, I could never reproduce the message!
(Note: if anyone cares, this was a Burroughs B-80, compiling Burroughs S-1000 software)
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I am currently working on a non-profit project hosted at Launchpad.Net. Although it is a large ERP-size project instead of several small projects, I don't see why it wouldn't work for you. Of course, as other posters have pointed out, exposing the source is only one part of successfully running open projects.
Cloud is another example of the same. Read vendor's ad's replacing the word "cloud" with "service center" or "network" as appropriate and watch the magic go away. Read it to your boss and see his common sense come back online (unless, of course, you are being paid big bucks for the magic, then hide this and run away! run away!)
Not mentioned anywhere is the fact that regular Works is eligible for MS office upgrade BUT adware works is NOT. Which could be a potentially significant cost difference if you need MS office. And yes, our Sony Viao came with the adware version of works, not the regular version.
I was in one of those intense periods where we needed a clean compile every day. So I would code for a couple of hours, fire off a compile, and then monitor it into the night. Needless to say, after a few days, I was pretty wiped.
Late One evening, deep into the compile, the dreaded hang occurred (you could tell because the cassettes stopped turning). With trembling hand, I reached for the red button to see my fate. I pushed the button (at least I think I pushed the right button).
The console began to print... In my sleep-deprived stupor, I could only stare. Then I hesitantly reached out and pushed the red button again. The machine burped, The cassettes began to turn, I could only watch and wait the remaining hours of the compile to see if I had running code.
And no, I could never reproduce the message! (Note: if anyone cares, this was a Burroughs B-80, compiling Burroughs S-1000 software)
What goes around comes around!
... computer in a desk?
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