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Re: OSDN on closed source?



On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 06:31:03PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> the OSS communities shouldn't all be using sourceforge.  I mean sure its
> a nice and free service, but what happens if they end up having to shut
> down, or Microsoft takes over?  then where will these projects go?

I think this fear is one of the reasons the FSF are setting up their own
version of sourceforge.  I agree putting all our eggs in the proverbial
basket isn't a good idea.  I wonder if sourceforge is mirrored somewhere
"just in case".

        bob
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