Talk:SourceForge, Inc.

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Dear Edward,

Isn't the stock chart image a bit too tacky?

--69.214.224.74 07:14, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I don't think it's all that tacky, since VA Linux is a classic example of a "dot com bubble" company. -- Kaszeta 11:37, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I like the early stock price chart too, even though I'm a fan of VA Software now. As noted in the article, VA Linux had the biggest first-day pop in US (Worldwide?) IPO history. Then it plummeted from about $320 to about 50 cents. Quite notable, IMHO. I did ad a link for a current interactive chart to the text. JonWinge 23:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fundamental question

Hey, what does VA stand for? --DevastatorIIC 09:13, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

the last name of the two founders: Vera and Augustin? 16@r 16:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

This is in fact true. (I used to work there) Cdibona 04:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

== Another Question -- Why does their software call home when I start my computer? 66.35.250.99 is called REPEATEDLY when my computer is started. Only know that because Peer Guardian blocks that address. What is this software, and how do I get rid of it?

[edit] Problems with bare links for references

I have thoroughly fixed and updated the links used as references for this article because they had quite a few faults. The essential problem is the use of bare links; i.e., a URL with no other identifying information. These frequently break, and without data like news article titles or website page titles, it is often impossible even to know where to look for a replacement source. (Archive sites like the Wayback Machine or Google sometimes help, but often do not. In this case, all of the VA Software press releases disappeared when the company moved their website to sourceforge.com, and the archive sites only caught two of them before they ceased to exist.

In short, bare links should be never be used as sources for Wikipedia articles. You don't necessarily have to create a fully filled-out citation, but at least include basic title or descriptive information with the reference. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)