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Re:How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code host... by jwells89 on Saturday March 30, 2024 @12:16PM (#39876203)
Yes, your first paragraph is the big standout in my memory. GitHub and Google Code were clean, uncluttered, and focused in a way that SourceForge was very much not. Almost what Google was to Excite, Lycos, etc in the early 2000s.
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Re:How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code host... by everybodyknows on Saturday March 30, 2024 @02:15PM (#39877230)
What were Google's reasons for shutting down Code?
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Re:How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code host... by outop on Saturday March 30, 2024 @03:46PM (#39877972)
Same as their reason for shutting down all their other projects. They only ever existed as a distraction for their underemployed workforce and as part of the PR that they have a mission other than pulling cash out of their personal-data-monetising advertising monopoly, forever.
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