Company
Date Published
Author
PJ Hyett
Word count
103
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Stephen O’Grady from Redmonk presented a talk titled "Survival of the Forges," where he analyzed the main software forges: Sourceforge, Google Code, GitHub, and Microsoft’s CodePlex. During the presentation, he highlighted GitHub's rapid rise to dominance in the software hosting and sharing landscape, despite being relatively young at just three years old at the time. The presentation underscored GitHub's intention to maintain its leading position among developers and companies. The full presentation can be accessed via the link provided, and it is noted that GitHub is a client of RedMonk.