On Saturday, August 17, 2002, at 08:33 PM, J C Lawrence wrote: > > If/when VA folds or pulls most/all the support for SF the cumulative > effect on the hosted projects and mailing lists will not be small.
I've actually heard strong alternative views. Yes, SourceForge is a strong central location for all of this, but almost all significant projects hosted by SF also have some non-local hosting place as well. A loss of SourceForge would create chaos, but most projects would move forward after they could tie themselves back together. I thought you were headed in a different direction. I'm actually amazed you didn't bring it up. What if Google sets all of that up for lists and runs it for a year or two, and life is wonderful -- and then Google gets bought by AOL/Time-Warner? or some other mega-group? And they change the privacy and usage rules? Sites shutting down we can handle. Becoming dependent on a site that goes through a, well, reorganization is my big worry. -- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chuqui.com/ Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
