[TriLUG] Advice on running an OSS project?
David R.Matusiak
dave at matusiak.org
Thu Aug 14 14:06:20 EDT 2003
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:30 AM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Tarus Balog wrote:
>
> | I know this is somewhat obvious, but have you thought about
> | SourceForge? They have all of this at a great price (free).
>
> They also have a mound of debt and no end in sight. In addition,
> their services can be problematic at times. For instance, the
> CVS servers were almost completely unusable from oh about April
> until just recently.
>
> I really think VA Software isn't going to be around much more
> and when they die what happens to SF? I'm not sure I'd
> want to trust my project these days on something like that. :-/
>
> But, you're right, the price is nice.
Perhaps I should have explicitly stated that resources are not an
obstacle in this instance. I am not in search of free or low-cost
hosting solutions, as we have plenty of machines and bandwidth to
expend on a miniature scale OSS project.
What I had hoped to begin was a dialogue surrounding the mechanisms and
aspects of running a successful OSS project (of any size, audience, or
merit). Particularly interesting would be voices that have
participated in an OSS project and/or those who have closely followed
two or three in their development.
I appreciate the cost-saving suggestions, and especially the ESR link
from Jim Ray (*very* helpful!). And thanks to Magnus for reminding me
of our Ace in the Hole. I will definitely bend the ear of Don R. next
time I see him!
Thanks again!
dave m.
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