Berlios closing down

#1

Post by ethereal » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 3:58 PM UTC

Berlios closing down
developer.berlios.de

Re: Berlios closing down

#2

Post by macavity23 » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 4:16 PM UTC

It's a shame, because they had a great service, but it's very hard for them to generate buzz nowadays as they have been very much overshadowed by github.

Re: Berlios closing down

#3

Post by skeptical » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:04 PM UTC

macavity23 wrote: post #2

It's a shame, because they had a great service, but it's very hard for them to generate buzz nowadays as they have been very much overshadowed by github.

You nailed by using the word 'buzz', it's pretty much about the buzz. It's a shame things turn out this way.

Re: Berlios closing down

#4

Post by stfu » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:16 PM UTC

"It hurts us all the more that we are forced to discontinue the hosting for BerliOS by 31.12.2011." Is hosting for something like that really so much of an issue? I would have expected Frauenhofer to have plenty of serverspace around to keep it up for a little longer.

Re: Berlios closing down

#5

Post by ramereth » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:20 PM UTC

stfu wrote: post #4

"It hurts us all the more that we are forced to discontinue the hosting for BerliOS by 31.12.2011." Is hosting for something like that really so much of an issue? I would have expected Frauenhofer to have plenty of serverspace around to keep it up for a little longer.

Its probably a situation where their contract with the facility/server space runs out on that date.

Re: Berlios closing down

#6

Post by mhd » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:24 PM UTC

Does that mean that a whole bunch of unmaintained projects are vanishing into limbo?

Re: Berlios closing down

#7

Post by jsavimbi » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:40 PM UTC

skeptical wrote: post #3

macavity23 wrote: post #2

It's a shame, because they had a great service, but it's very hard for them to generate buzz nowadays as they have been very much overshadowed by github.

You nailed by using the word 'buzz', it's pretty much about the buzz. It's a shame things turn out this way.

It's not about the buzz. It's about addressing the needs of the users, all of the users, and building an ecosystem that provides them with the necessary tools to discover, learn, participate and improve. That and building up brand loyalty through meatspace efforts.

One cannot make the case for a model that has converted 50,000 over an eleven year span in comparison with another who has surpassed 1,000,000 users in a relatively short span. Common sense.

Re: Berlios closing down

#8

Post by _ak » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:43 PM UTC

The question is: is Jörg Schilling (who maintained BerliOS) now unemployed because FOKUS decided to close BerliOS, or do they close it down because Jörg Schilling left FOKUS and nobody's interested in maintaining the mess he left behind? (j/k)

Re: Berlios closing down

#9

Post by aninteger » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

mhd wrote: post #6

Does that mean that a whole bunch of unmaintained projects are vanishing into limbo?

Probably. Sounds like a job for Jason Scott and the Archive Team.

Re: Berlios closing down

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Post by _ak » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

mhd wrote: post #6

Does that mean that a whole bunch of unmaintained projects are vanishing into limbo?

You say that as if it were a bad thing.