GNU socialtag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:TagTimeline:darcshubNotices tagged with darcshubUpdates tagged with darcshub on Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social!https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Nu_uc_lc.svg2024-03-29T09:01:32+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2022-08-05:noticeId=3407052:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1I'm starting to wonder whether operating a shared #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/codehosting" rel="tag">code-hosting</a></span> platform is only possible with sponsorship. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gitorious" rel="tag">Gitorious</a></span> collapsed because their paid hosting couldn't cover their costs (which includes the cost of free hosting). I don't believe #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/github" rel="tag">Github</a></span> ever publicly released figures, but I do remember hearing a rumor that they were not profitable before #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> purchased them. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bitbucket" rel="tag">Bitbucket</a></span> still persists, but #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/atlassian" rel="tag">Atlassian</a></span> has made so many changes to their offerings that IMO, using their platform is putting everything that touches it at risk. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/sourceforge" rel="tag">SourceForge</a></span> went to all sorts of dangerous extremes to try to monetize the huge number of repositories they host (most of which appear to be residue of projects that have either died or moved their active repos elsewhere).<br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/darcshub" rel="tag">Darcs_Hub</a></span> ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/darcs" rel="tag">Darcs</a></span> ), #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/thenest" rel="tag">The_Nest</a></span> ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pijul" rel="tag">Pijul</a></span> ), and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/chiselapp" rel="tag">ChiselApp</a></span> ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fossil" rel="tag">Fossil</a></span> ) are all too small to experience the tremendous cost factors.3407052http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2022-08-05T12:53:18+00:002022-08-05T12:53:18+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2022-08-05:objectType=thread:nonce=cf69099e50311116