SourceForge few days ago served its 4 billionth download and today launched the new website. The new UI is the answer to inputs from project administrators asking for an easier path for users to download their software.
I asked Jon Sobel, SourceForge Inc. Group President, his opinion about this change:
The EOS directory, the list of enterprise open source applications launched two years ago by Optaros, has recently been handed over to Bruno von Rotz, initial sponsor of the initiative and well known open source specialist.
Today has been announced the EOS Directory Board, established over the last weeks by Bruno von Rotz to strengthen the neutral approach to ratings and selection of free software technologies.
Congratulations Roberto, a very interesting initiative. Keep up the good work.
Ole Nielsen 6:14 pm on July 6, 2009 Permalink
Thanks for giving us SourceForge!
However, with the July 2009 version we miss the ability to link directly to specific releases. Now any link points to all files and one must find the specific release manually. The link in question is https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=172848&package_id=197866&release_id=688445
Also, it appears that the green download button no longer points to the latest file upload which is annoying.
Cheers
Ole Nielsen