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In light of the recent activities of Dice Holdings trying to monetize the website it purchased in September 2012, Martin Brinkmann at gHacks reports
The admin of the popular NotePad++ text editor announced [June 15] that the project would leave SourceForge
[...] The project will use Github as the development hub for Notepad++ exclusively.
[...] tmux, nmap, [and] VLC for instance [are also trying] to get Sourceforge to remove [their] projects from the site
In the comments, Oxa June notes that Pale Moon is looking to move away.
In addition, Softpedia notes that WINE is migrating away.
Related: SourceForge Using Mirrored Projects and Including Adware
Slashdot Burying Stories About Dice-Owned SourceForge
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Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Zz9zZ on Wednesday June 17 2015, @06:13PM
I think you have it backwards, they are entirely competent. They just have no ethical standards and have traded real brand value for cold hard cash. Its the sellout strategy made so popular in the 80's! It takes time for awareness of these things to really propagate, and usually takes extreme examples to help people realize the negative effects. I'm not sure if it is ever possible to hold on to a brand since people move on to other projects and new management has the option to do things differently. The only solution is what is becoming more common these days, move on and make a new community!
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MrGuy on Wednesday June 17 2015, @07:15PM
No, I get it - their business model is to monetize existing brands and squeeze out all the cash they can.
What surprises me is that they seem to be so bad at it. By which I mean, they don't seem good at keeping their audience around long enough to maximize the amount of money they can squeeze out of them.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Zz9zZ on Wednesday June 17 2015, @07:55PM
I understand, I think sustainability is just a dirty word to these types of investors.
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @01:05AM
Unfortunately, "investors" have become a dirty word to information aggregators.
Donation supported hosting or bust. It's the only way to ensure the information consumers and contributors are served instead of some 3rd party agenda.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday June 18 2015, @02:34AM
Tho one has to wonder if there's a little money laundering in the back corners...
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.