MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 12, 2009 -- SourceForge, the leader in
tech oriented,community-driven media and e-commerce, (NASDAQ: LNUX)
today announced free hosting for Git, Bazaar and Mercurial, three
leading distributed source code management (SCM) systems. This
service is immediately available to all open source projects
registered on SourceForge.net
SCM systems, which store and manage changes to source code, enable
large teams to collaborate on software projects in a controlled,
productive way. SourceForge.net already provides hosting for
well-known SCM systems CVS and Subversion.
"Freedom to choose is one of our core principles at SourceForge. We
think it’s better to provide a broad selection of quality tools and
let open source developers choose the one that fits their needs," said
Ross Turk, director of community at SourceForge. "Git, Bazaar and
Mercurial, accompanied by our popular Subversion and CVS support, put
us on the path toward a very well-rounded SCM toolset."
SourceForge has increased the frequency of tools released for
developers in the past six months, especially its Hosted Apps
releases, which provide instant, virtualized access to popular open
source tools. Trac, MediaWiki, Laconica, phpBB, Wordpress, Piwik and
other Hosted Apps are available immediately
at http://p.sf.net/sf-community/hostedapps.
About SourceForge
SourceForge's media and e-commerce web sites connect millions of
influential technology professionals and enthusiasts each day.
Combining user-developed content, online marketplaces and e-commerce,
SourceForge is the global technology community's nexus for information
exchange, goods for geeks, and open source software distribution and
services. SourceForge's network of web sites serves 35 million unique
visitors each month* and includes: SourceForge.net, Slashdot,
ThinkGeek and freshmeat.net. For more information or to view the media
kit online, visitwww.sourceforge.com. (*Source: Google Analytics and
Omniture, January 2009.)
SourceForge, SourceForge.net, Slashdot, freshmeat, and ThinkGeek are
registered trademarks of SourceForge, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. All other trademarks or product names are the
property of their respective owners.
Media Contact:
Jesse Casman for SourceForge, Inc.
1-415-321-2347
jesse@pageonepr.com
