On 24 February 2016 at 19:00, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
I had stopped recommending some downloads from SourceForge because the installers required excessive vigilance to avoid installing intrusive (and difficult to remove!) toolbars, DNS hijackers or other "utilities" that invaded privacy and interferred with basic computer operations. I'm pleased to hear they've dumped that program:
https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/
It takes a lot of effort to restore a damaged reputation. Caveat emptor.
The new owner was on Slashdot the other week saying just the same. (Slashdot is part of the same network)
I think there's some of my own code floating around on SF. It's been pretty much replaced by GitHub.
Hopefully they improve things, GitHub isn't perfect.