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Failed Startup code graveyard
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Re: Failed Startup code graveyard
#32This is fine for what it is... but at its core, it is a categorized list of github repositories, and the category happens to be failed startups. I would drop the whole "graveyard" theme, and expand the categorization concept... then this could be less of a novelty, and more of a new wrapper around github for discovery of relevant codebases to whatever your current project may be.
I disagree, I think that this is precisely targeted at encouraging failed startups to open source their software for others, which has been rare in the past.
People can then tell their (former) CEO, "See this site, everyone is using the graveyard".
Encouraging that behavior is utterly different than just indexing the few that did so in the past.
I see no particular point whatsoever in insisting that it would be better as a vague indistinct generic gitub wrapper -- although if you have an idea for improving search of such, go for it.
Re: Failed Startup code graveyard
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I run a site like what you mentioned where people can sell off their side projects http://sideprojectors.com - check it out when you can! :)
Wow this is a great idea!! I may very well use this to make a bit of money on the side. How long have you been running this service?
Thanks! The site's been running for almost 2 years now. Going steady! :)
Re: Failed Startup code graveyard
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I worked for a company where one of the clients required that all the source code be periodically archived and shipped to them so that if we went out of business they could potentially run it themselves. Practically, they wouldn't be able to because of the sheer complexity of all the different services. It was a minor pain to do this for them but the contract was worth it. Having said that, I am a big fan of open sou…
I've never worked for a company where we shipped the code directly to the client; that seems a bit risky for the company producing the code. I did work for a startup though where all of the code was backed up and sent offsite to an escrow service. It was part of our standard contract that if the company ceased operations all clients would have received copies of the code. This was a pretty big deal to quite a few cli…
I think you are actually right, it was done via Iron Mountain. I wasn't directly involved with the process, only was aware of it.
Re: Failed Startup code graveyard
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow this is a great idea!! I may very well use this to make a bit of money on the side. How long have you been running this service?
Thanks! The site's been running for almost 2 years now. Going steady! :)
ya i am aware of your site.. pretty cool.. have been involved in few projects as well :) .. it can definitely take in a lot of improvements too :)