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sourceforge missing community manager opportunity: Sourceforge community manager Ross Turk called today and we had a nice talk about the site's Community Choice Awards, whose nominations opened today. (Shown is the avatar of Socrates Jansma, community manager for OurVirtualHolland. Notice the nifty virtual tie with matching handkerchief. Every girl's crazy about a...; Tags: SourceForge, Community Manager, Wiki, Benefits, Online Communications, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Gimp.app (4): Gimp.app is a self contained application bundle of the GNU Image Manipulation Program for Mac OS X. It requires Apple's X11. Gimp.app is droppable, uses the gimp-print package built into OS X, and uses the system's default Web browser for help and Web browsing requests. Version 2.4.5r2 includes unspecified updates.; Tags: SourceForge, Gimp.app, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, UNIX, Web Browsers, Open Source, Software, Internet; Software downloads 2008-04-11
Soashable (zip): Soashable is web-based, multi-protocol instant messaging client written in pure Javascript. It connects to an XMPP/Jabber server using BOSH (XEP-0124), which is a COMET protocol that provides instantaneous transport of messages between the web browser and XMPP network. It is supported in all major browsers, and currently has core IM...; Tags: SourceForge, IM, Soashable, Instant Messaging, Web Browsers, Internet, Online Communications; Software downloads 2008-03-28
Juice (2_install): Listen to various podcasts and audio shows whenever you want on your media device. Want to listen to the Internet audio programs podcasts, music and shows but can't when they are scheduled? Juice is for you. Juice lets users select and download shows and music and play whenever they want...; Tags: Juice, SourceForge, Podcasts, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-02-26
Open source a Pull-a-Part yard?: Open source a Pull-a-Part yard?So what if you want......support? In the corporate environments I've worked in, management has always insisted on support agreements, sla's etc. So who do you call for support when you have a stack of multiple products that you mashed together to build your solution?...; Tags: SourceForge, Pull-a-Part, open source; Discussion threads 2008-01-15

QNewsletterCreator (1): QNewsletterCreator is a program to manage your newsletters and recipients thereof. Since it is written with Qt, it is platform independent. Furthermore, the newsletter can consist of both, html, or plain-text or even multipart. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: SourceForge, Newsletter, QNewsletterCreator, Corporate Communications, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-01-15
MFC Mute: The MFC MUTE application was designed to be a client for the MUTE anonymous P2P network. It derives from the original MUTE application supporting anonymous file sharing. The GUI is the best/most polished Windows MUTE available. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: SourceForge, GUI, Peer To Peer (P2P), Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-11
Fitness Helper (0m3): Make sure you do not exceed the limit of allowed calories by recording them with this tool. Fitness Helper is daybook of the meals that allows you to gather and control information about nutritions and calories. Thus, it will be a little less stressful managing your diet. This version is...; Tags: SourceForge, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-01-04
Why sourceforge lost its mojo: Why Sourceforge lost its mojoCollapsing Under Its Own WeightWhenever I try to find something in a general search on SourceForge, the result list is huge. Then a lot of my time is wasted looking at "projects" that are just stubs or barely started, then apparently abandoned years ago. ...; Tags: Web site development, Databases, OPEN SOURCE, SourceForge, mojo; Discussion threads 2007-12-13
Why sourceforge lost its mojo: Almost since taking this beat I have wondered why Sourceforge is losing ground with commercial open source players. Most now run their own forge sites, rather than using Sourceforge. Some have .org extensions, others use the word forge in their domain names. Some do both. ...; Tags: SourceForge, Open Source, Sales Strategy, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-12-12
Can sourceforge marketplace open the cash drawer?: Sourceforge has always been more about traffic than money. No more. Sourceforge.Net Marketplace registers those with skills, organizes the skills into categories (even non-programming categories) and tries to make money from the deals which result. The system launches with over 600 listings...; Tags: SourceForge, Sourceforge.Net Marketplace, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Tools & Techniques, B2B, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-12-07
Snarl (6-rc1-setup): Snarl is a global notification system. Snarl works in a similar way to the balloon-style tooltips that appear from time to time in the system tray, however it doesn't take the keyboard focus away when displaying a notification, multiple notifications can be displayed at the same time and you can...; Tags: Notification, SourceForge, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2007-11-09
The Many Hats of sourceforge.Net: The Many Hats of Sourceforge.NetRE: Sourceforge.netWhen the company moved wholesale from hardware to software and changed its name from VA Research to Sourceforge.net, I thought it was a flawed strategy given the state of Open Source at the time. I was proved wrong in a very short time, though I...; Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, SourceForge; Discussion threads 2007-10-02
The Many Hats of sourceforge.Net: I'm afraid one of the recent posts here has given an open source leader some homework. So if he's not at his favorite watering hole this weekend, watching the football or the Red Sox, I apologize. Ross Turk of Sourceforge right was troubled by my post about Mashable's...; Tags: GPL, SourceForge, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-28
sourceforge Direct Download (5-fx): If you frequently download files from Sourceforge projects, use this extension to automatically convert download links to use your favorite mirror instead of having Sourceforge prompt you. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: SourceForge; Software downloads 2007-09-19
GoPenServer Toolbar (xpi): With the GoPenServer Toolbar you will have GoPenServer related news feeds and links. Built in, there is a Search Box, GoPenServer Project News Feed, GoPenServer links to the various Web services provided by GoPenServer, a GoPenServer chatroom, a link to SourceForge.Net, and a TechBlogs gadget. This version is the first...; Tags: SourceForge, Newsfeed, Gerfuls, Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-09-14
CollabNet buys sourceforge (not exactly): A lot of folks woke up this morning thinking that CollabNet has bought Sourceforge. But as CollabNet vp-operations Nick Bonfiglio explained to me on the phone just now, this is not exactly the case. What CollabNet has bought is SourceForge Enterprise Edition, a version of the sites services that was...; Tags: support, mergers &, acquisitions, General, Development, content, Applications; Blog posts 2007-04-25
Michael Rudolph sheds more light on sourceforge Marketplace: Michael Rudolph sheds more light on SourceForge MarketplaceThat's really great!I also think that Sourceforge is in a extremely good position to make a very big services Platform even elance like with a huge and extremely good excellent actually software developer community.Also they could push the community to make more service...; Tags: beta, SourceForge, open source; Discussion threads 2007-04-16
Michael Rudolph sheds more light on sourceforge Marketplace: SourceForge is the worlds largest open source development web site, with over 1.5 million users and nearly 150,000 registered projects. Recently they started teasing developers with plans for SourceForge Marketplace, a new way for people to get service and support for all that software. Details of the plans are being...; Tags: General, Community, Commercial; Blog posts 2007-04-16
Can Launchpad karma run over sourceforge dogma?: Canonical, which previously gave us Ubuntu and Mark Shuttlesworth in space, has launched a Sourceforge competitor called Launchpad. While the features for projects are not yet up to what Sourceforge offers, they do have a feature which brings into sharp relief what this battle is really all about.It's called the...; Tags: Strategy, General, Development, business models; Blog posts 2007-04-10

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