Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)?

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Date	2017-10-05 15:06 -0700
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Subject	Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)?
From	Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee>

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On Thursday, 5 October 2017 15:44:02 UTC+3, Leo  wrote:
> SourceForge lost a lot of popularity when they started bundling unwanted
> third-party software with misleading options in their installers.

Yes, all basically migrated their projects elsewhere because of that
crapware in installers. The new owners of Sourceforge eliminated that
practice February 2016:

https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/

Gaining lost good name back is likely hard.

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  Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Leo <chris@chris-macleod.ca> - 2017-10-05 08:43 -0400
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