Internet Google Code and Gitorious to shut down

[Spacethingy]

Interesting coincidence that these two announcements happened so close together?

https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/
http://google-opensource.blogspot.nl/2015/03/farewell-to-google-code.html

Not sure if anyone here uses either of those, just a little FYI if you do... :tiphat:

 

[Quick_Nick]

GitHub has eliminated a lot of competition. Even Microsoft is putting code on GitHub instead of their own CodePlex.
How GitHub Conquered Google, Microsoft, And Everyone Else

S. “Soma” Somasegar—the 25-year Microsoft veteran who oversees the company’s vast collection of tools for software developers—says CodePlex will continue to operate, as will other repositories like Sourceforge and BitBucket. “We want to make sure it continues being there, as a choice,” he tells WIRED. But he sees GitHub as the only place for a project like Microsoft .NET. “We want to meet developers where they are,” he says. “The open source community, for the most part, is on GitHub.”