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Reverse Direct Marketing: Google's Project Hosting Announcement

Aug 02, 2006, 03:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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"'Release early, release often' is Google's mantra for the much-anticipated service offering to the open source community. Yet Google's latest 'giving back to the community' offering is more akin to a slap in the face.

"For years, developers have used communities such as Sourceforge and Freshmeat to distribute, promote and contribute to open source projects and now Google tries to steal that thunder...?"

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