31 Jul
2008
31 Jul
'08
1:04 a.m.
On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Bradley Hook wrote:
On the flip side, I completely understand why a business wouldn't want to keep publishing copies of the outdated software. Not only does it cost money, but it also implies that the company continues to support the product even if they no longer do. Even a lot of open source projects don't continue to provide source trees or binaries dating back to the first stages of the project.
Most open source projects provide open access to their CVS/Subversion/Git/etc repository, which contains source back to the first stages of the project.