sourceforge what is going there?

[Joseph Smith]

On 06/15/2010 08:21 PM, David Rysdam wrote:
> On 06/15/2010 06:40 PM, Joseph Smith wrote:
>> On 06/15/2010 06:30 PM, Arc Riley wrote:
>>> Pressure from advertisers.  Sourceforce could not survive by charging
>>> users/projects for the hosting, they would just go elsewhere, so they're
>>> reliant (heavily) on Microsoft and other proprietary software companies
>>> for funding.
>>>
>>> You run into the same problem with newspapers.  Journalists are actively
>>> (and often strongly) encouraged to present advertisers in a positive
>>> light.  Indymedia and many community papers have never accepted
>>> advertising for this reason.
>>>
>> Ok then who pays for the papers? And who pays the people that write
>> articles for the papers and print the papers?
>
> This seems like a strange question on a mailing list devoted to a group
> that uses open source software...

Don't worry I am on the open source side of the street. I spend many 
hours a week developing open source software, because it is what I love 
to do. Unfortunately I rarely see any kind of a financial return on it.

Anyways my point is that everything costs money. If the guys at 
sourceforge need to show some advertising to pay for the servers, any 
other associated expenses, and possibly get a pay-check to keep 
sourceforge free to the community so we all can keep doing what we love 
to do than I am all for it.

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Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org