[dba-Tech] SourceForge is dead

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sun Aug 25 14:25:09 CDT 2013


I definitely get the picture!
TNF

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
231-322-2787

On 8/25/2013 12:40 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> The new owners are something else.
>
> Not everything can be monetized, especially in such a cheesy way...
>
> To me it is akin to having, uncle George, a car salesman, in a checker suit, in a booth, selling cars at a wedding...totally inappropriate. If you can visualize, the car salesman, Mr.Wormwood, from Roald Dahl's book, Matilda and then so brilliantly portrayed, by the actor Danny DeVito, years later, the picture is complete.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Norris Fields" <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 7:20:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SourceForge is dead
>
> Again, thanks, Jim.  This is disheartening, but since Dice is the new
> owner I cannot say I am amazed.
> TNF
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
> 231-322-2787
>
> On 8/23/2013 6:06 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> Do not download from SourceForge unless you do no mind the many pieces of ad aware products and some crapware bordering on malware. The days of being able to trust a piece of proprietary software may also be dead...
>>
>> http://www.gluster.org/2013/08/how-far-the-once-mighty-sourceforge-has-fallen/
>>
>> Jim
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