Comment Re:A few words regarding a few things. (Score 3) 160
Greetings,
Given recent announcements, there have been a few comments expressing concern about the fate of SourceForge. I'd just like to say that SourceForge is here to stay.
While SourceForge.net has been experiencing a few growing pains [The site grew by 20% during the month of January, there was a bit of staff turnover in the support area, there were a few technical problems associated with a server move to a co-lo at the start of the year], the project is actually planning for growth.
Pat McGovern, Site Director, just hired a new Quality Assurance manager, just purchased $500k in new servers, and is actually looking to expand key staff areas like sysadmins.
SourceForge OnSite, a subscription-based service where we setup SourceForge behind our customer's firewalls and provide integration, support, customization, training, and other services, continues to grow. (In December we announced Agilent as a customer. And last month, we won a "Show Favorite" award at LinuxWorld NY.)
The SourceForge engine team, the group that builds the code powering the site, is planning for growth as well. So in the coming months, in addition to better support, our user community can expect better tools.
Bottom line: SourceForge makes good business sense for VA. As a web site, it helps the community develop the software that drives our other lines of business. As an on-site service, it represents one of the true areas of VA's expertise (collaborative development), which is of tremendous value to our customers.
Anyway, hope this clears up any concern.
Thanks,
Dan Bressler
SourceForge Product <shudder> Marketing </shudder> Manager
Given recent announcements, there have been a few comments expressing concern about the fate of SourceForge. I'd just like to say that SourceForge is here to stay.
While SourceForge.net has been experiencing a few growing pains [The site grew by 20% during the month of January, there was a bit of staff turnover in the support area, there were a few technical problems associated with a server move to a co-lo at the start of the year], the project is actually planning for growth.
Pat McGovern, Site Director, just hired a new Quality Assurance manager, just purchased $500k in new servers, and is actually looking to expand key staff areas like sysadmins.
SourceForge OnSite, a subscription-based service where we setup SourceForge behind our customer's firewalls and provide integration, support, customization, training, and other services, continues to grow. (In December we announced Agilent as a customer. And last month, we won a "Show Favorite" award at LinuxWorld NY.)
The SourceForge engine team, the group that builds the code powering the site, is planning for growth as well. So in the coming months, in addition to better support, our user community can expect better tools.
Bottom line: SourceForge makes good business sense for VA. As a web site, it helps the community develop the software that drives our other lines of business. As an on-site service, it represents one of the true areas of VA's expertise (collaborative development), which is of tremendous value to our customers.
Anyway, hope this clears up any concern.
Thanks,
Dan Bressler
SourceForge Product <shudder> Marketing </shudder> Manager
