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by _pmf_ 3814 days ago
> I find the current situation with Github very unhealthy, because, even though very unlikely, someone can literally pull off the plug of open-source.

It's not very unlikely; it's something that will definitely happen at some point (in the case of SourceForge, well over a decade). Most projects will migrate away, but there will be losses.

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Though note that SF did not die overnight, it is still lingering. However I, too, believe that most stuff will survive, but I think that it'd take a good while to adapt.

And when I say "a good while" take in consideration that articles/releases more than a couple month old are considered ancient these days.