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The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

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Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#11

I can’t remember the last time I found a project hosted on SourceForge. Actually, I can, it was http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/ about 4 years ago. I assumed everyone had moved en masse to Github?

Not everyone likes Git, and SF offers other niceties like forums and mailing lists.

Yes, and those that want those things tend to end up on google code nowadays - not at SF.

Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#13

I can’t remember the last time I found a project hosted on SourceForge. Actually, I can, it was http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/ about 4 years ago. I assumed everyone had moved en masse to Github?

http://7-zip.org

http://portableapps.com

http://filezilla-project.org/

Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#15

I can’t remember the last time I found a project hosted on SourceForge. Actually, I can, it was http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/ about 4 years ago. I assumed everyone had moved en masse to Github?

http://7-zip.org http://portableapps.com http://filezilla-project.org/

link spam...? What is exactly the purpose of the links here? Are you using these open source projects yourself?

Filezilla is my favorite FTP program.

Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#16

This article is an example of how not to visualize data. The charts are not helpful in any way.

Indeed. A single chart with time on the horizontal axis, downloads on the vertical axis, and one line per operating system would have been far more comprehensible.

Instead we get time inverted, bar graphs, and no way to visually compare the operating systems.

Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#17
post #6

Unsurprisingly, Windows dominates with more downloads than all others combined.

As mentioned in lots of other comments, Linux users go to their package manager -- an App Store that runs 100% off promotions 24/7.

Mac users have an App Store now.

Windows users are still using SourceForge.

Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://7-zip.org http://portableapps.com http://filezilla-project.org/

link spam...? What is exactly the purpose of the links here? Are you using these open source projects yourself? Filezilla is my favorite FTP program.

These are all popular open source projects that are still hosted on Source Forge posted in response to the parent.

That said, the list of category leading software on SF that people still care about is dwindling.

Re: The OS Wars: We Have A Winner

#19
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

link spam...? What is exactly the purpose of the links here? Are you using these open source projects yourself? Filezilla is my favorite FTP program.

These are all popular open source projects that are still hosted on Source Forge posted in response to the parent. That said, the list of category leading software on SF that people still care about is dwindling.

VLC is by far the most popular project on Sourceforge. Almost pushing it to be become all time #1
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