> SourceForge have taken a few missteps in recent months
I'm curious as to why you put this in the past tense. SourceForge never backed down from their actions and continue to use the wrapper.
> someday GH will also exhaust its natural growth and start more aggressive upselling
Acknowledging that GH can go the same way as SourceForge is a very healthy mindset, however, "will" is a strong word because GH has a monetization plan (is always has) - the lack of which is what ultimately caused SF to go down the path that they did.
What GH will or will not do does not deter from what SF is currently doing. Stop looking in your crystal ball and start looking at what is happening in the present.
> It seemed deeply unlikely at one stage to imagine Google would flush Code down the toilet
If you know Google you know this isn't the case. Google are ruthless with cutting ideas and products - just look at Reader. Google realized that Code wasn't making any money, saw that the platform was stagnating and saw that GH was doing a much better job at something that they had never really thought out. Exactly the same situation as SF. Two drastically different approaches to product death.
I'm curious as to why you put this in the past tense. SourceForge never backed down from their actions and continue to use the wrapper.
> someday GH will also exhaust its natural growth and start more aggressive upselling
Acknowledging that GH can go the same way as SourceForge is a very healthy mindset, however, "will" is a strong word because GH has a monetization plan (is always has) - the lack of which is what ultimately caused SF to go down the path that they did.
What GH will or will not do does not deter from what SF is currently doing. Stop looking in your crystal ball and start looking at what is happening in the present.
> It seemed deeply unlikely at one stage to imagine Google would flush Code down the toilet
If you know Google you know this isn't the case. Google are ruthless with cutting ideas and products - just look at Reader. Google realized that Code wasn't making any money, saw that the platform was stagnating and saw that GH was doing a much better job at something that they had never really thought out. Exactly the same situation as SF. Two drastically different approaches to product death.