Discusson
on Slashdot on VA Linux taking the "Linux" out of their name. Much
pessimism, probably well placed. I can't help but feel that VA is an
example of a VC-backed firm cynically going public before they had a
stable business figured out. Now the company seems hinged on
SourceForge, which is a great free service but as a product? Beats me,
but I'd think Collab.net is in a
better position in that market. They've been doing exactly this for a
long time.
The Register reports that Kuro5hin is already being booted out of the VA/OSDN family. All those open source projects hosted at SourceForge better be sure to have copies of all their files, and a plan for moving if they need to. Are there any good alternatives? |