Slashdot.org Acquired by Andover.net
from the wow dept
I knew that something was going to happen with Slashdot sooner or later. They must have been receiving a ton of attention, but the decision to sell out to Andover.net is a surprise. You might not be able to get to that link. It seems to be a bit overloaded right now. I am happy for them, though. I understand their reasoning. Obviously, I've been a big fan of Slashdot for a long time, and we used their code to develop this site. Congratulations... I can't wait to see what they do with it now. Update: News.com has posted an article about the acquisition. Update 2: A great interview with Rob about the sale is appearing at Wired News.
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Seems like a win-win situation.
Andover gets their share of the ad money, plus a high-profile website to give them an increased profile.
Good news all around...
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Re: Seems like a win-win situation.
The only issue I wonder about is if they'll productize the slash code...
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Re: Seems like a win-win situation.
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Another link
http://www.nytimes.com/techweb/TW_Andover_Net_Buys_Slashdot.html
- George
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Re: Seems like a win-win situation.
For example, say I didn't want to mess with the Slash code (or, as was the case, let Dennis mess with the Slash code), I could just pay some nominal fee to Andover's consultants to create the slash-based site of my choice... Or something like that... I think there would be plenty of companies who might find that, or a packaged version of Slash valuable with documentation they could buy.
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Productizing the Slash code
Although, if I was a company planning to run a site as a business concern, I'd probably want to hire someone who could do this rather than outsourcing the work. It seems to me the volume of the work and the need for tweaking would require full-time supervision.
Jon
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