Emmett Plant, of LinuxToday, writes . . .

''If you've got an Open Source project, look at SourceForge before you start running your own services. SourceForge is a complete success on the organizational level and the services it provides are unbeatable. CVS, mailing lists, public forums, the ability to poll visitors and project members, bug tracking and anonymous FTP, as well as the feeling of being… part of a larger community merely by being part of SourceForge.''

''Not only is SourceForge a great resource for Open Source projects, it's a great resource for anyone interested in seeing how Open projects come to fruition in their own environment. I'm sure that before long, someone will write their master's thesis on SourceForge as the grapevine by which Open Source projects ripen.''

''It used to be difficult to find 'sponsorship' for Open Source projects. Often, there were two or three guys working on a project over IRC on 56k dialups, trying to build a good web site for the project out of five megs of webspace from their ISP. Now the sky's the limit, and we can only benefit from it. Don't forget another extremely cool thing; full backups, and the ability to check the logs from the archiver program!''

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