> On 2021-01-14, at 8:07 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't recall any specifics, but I think that sourceforge was the github
> of that era - ie the latest and greatest cool hosting service - and for
> reasons I no longer recall it got to be uncool and we had to rescue the
> VM sources. "We" in this case being Ian, who has been providing and paying
> for the hosting service ever since.


I vaguely recall us getting uncomfortable with the ethos of sourceforge for some reason. Were they bought up by some nasty bunch? Started supporting the wrong feetball team? Got bossy about precise licensing terms?

> 
> FWIW, Tim Rowledge appears to have the honor of having made the very first
> commit to the SVN repository circa 2001. 

Uuuh, gosh. My emails imply we made the move around this time on '05. Ah - here is the announcement email 
 
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