Yet Sourceforge has been putting ads on open source projects for decades.

trueno an hour ago | parent | next [-]

yeah, uh you're definitely driving home the point here. that's why no one uses sourceforge anymore.

kadoban 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, that's part of why nobody wants to use Sourceforge.

oneeyedpigeon 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ironically, that's what probably killed Sourceforge and helped GitHub take off. It remains to be seen whether Codeberg will now repeat the process.

	▲	zvqcMMV6Zcr 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		SF required application form, where you had to explain why you are worthy to have your git repo hosted by SF. By the time they processed it I already forgot I even applied. I think that was actual reason for them being destroyed by GitHub, that had simple, fully automated signup.

Wow, I haven't heard that name for decades.

	▲	johnisgood 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Jeez, that makes me feel old, and I am "only" just barely in 30. :( Remember https://web.archive.org/web/20050204100149/http://cia.navi.c... BTW? For the uninitiated: https://web.archive.org/web/20050129022102/http://cia.navi.c.... :D Good times! This takes me back. It is just one of those artifacts of early 2000s that was associated with open source hacker culture. It truly felt magical at the time.