[mdlug] Sourceforge sell out?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Rich Hughes wrote:
> Have you guys seen this:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php
> 
> If you host a project at Sourceforge you can now sell support, and they
> keep 10%. I've read a bunch of comments where people are getting their
> panties all up in a bunch about this, saying SF has sold out. I don't
> see the downside, and I'd be happy to see people make money off the
> software they put up.

Evidently these people believe that

1) People with expertise in supporting application X shouldn't
    have a venue to sell their services
and

2) That it doesn't cost real-world money to host the
    sourceforge website, which is by now VERY substantial
    in size and bandwidth usage, neither of which is free
    in the real world.
> 
> I mainly lurk here, and was interested in what you guys thought. The
> conversations have been very interesting and informative in here for the
> last few months.

I think the people complaining about others selling support
services, and sourceforge getting a commission are a bunch
of whiners living in their parents' basements.