20090620 SourceForge Grows Up Advice for Advocacy of Free Software

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SourceForge Grows Up - and Out

SourceForge is keenly aware of its roots in the open source community, and its strategies for growth encompass ways to better serve its base. Among its goals are a transformation of the Sourceforge.net Web site into "a world-class development environment," said Jon Sobel, SourceForge's group president of media.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/SourceForge-Grows-Up---and-Out-67378.html How Do We Introduce FOSS and Linux to Those Who Resist It?

At home, it’s more manageable, in a way. You have less users to deal with but they could be more stubborn than 10 other users combined. In any case, it’s easier to study the habits of your family and/or housemates compared to an entire organization. Studying them will take time and interaction with them too. But then you get to have a better grasp of what software they need, what tasks they need to accomplish etc. In an office, it gets trickier because each person has different needs and there’s a whole lot of them so you have to study them a lot.

http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/how-do-we-introduce-foss-and-linux-to-those-who-resist-it/

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SourceForge.net 2009 Community Choice Awards Nominations Start Today

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 6, 2009 -- SourceForge (NASDAQ: LNUX), the global online network for community-driven tech media and e-commerce, today announced the opening of nominations for the fourth annual SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards. The awards program allows the community to recognize open source software projects that are built with the highest quality, creativity and ingenuity.

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SourceForge Commits to Git, Bazaar and Mercurial Support

The sites and services existing under the SourceForge umbrella have experienced some significant changes in the past several months. In the first three months of 2009, we've seen management changes and the re-direction of some SourceForge properties. SourceForge is ushering in another change -- free hosting for the Git, Bazaar, and Mercurial source code management systems. These services are now available to every open source project registered with SourceForge.net.

http://ostatic.com/blog/sourceforge-commits-to-git-bazaar-and-mercurial-support

Hivelocity Announces SourceForge

Hivelocity, a dedicated hosting provider, announced it will be providing the world’s largest open source software development and distribution environment, SourceForge, with download mirror services. [...] Hivelocity also provides mirrors to both Cpanel and CentOS.org.

http://www.dedicatedserverdir.com/news/showNews.aspx?ID=31240

SourceForge Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Up 9% Year-Over-Year Media Revenue Increase 4% -- E-Commerce Revenue Increase 10% MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Feb 26, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- SourceForge, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNUX), the leader in IT community-driven media and e-commerce, today announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended January 31, 2009.

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