Category Archives: Open Source

Is Slashdot for sale – if not should it be?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Richard

Many years ago I ran a subsidiary of VA Linux called OSDN. OSDN consisted of 11 websites and three businesses. These 3 business were the e-commerce business Thinkgeek, a subscription business called Animation Factory and a media business consisting of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft & Novell agreement: Opening closed minds is possible

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Richard

Below is an article I wrote in July 2001, that was published by ZDNET. The publication is no longer available so I thought I’d post here, especially given the momentous announcement today between Microsoft and Novell. Here is an excerpt … Continue reading →

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Is Slashdot on the block?

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Richard

In today’s article in CNNMoney.com entitled Is Slashdot the future of Media?, an idea was floated that Slashdot, and even VA Software, should be snapped up by another media company. But it seems to me that any media company aiming … Continue reading →

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IDC analyst heading to Open-Xchange

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Richard

Dan Kusnetzky, one of the earliest open source industry analysts will shortly be moving onto an open source company. I always enjoyed reading his interviews and quotes in Newsforge. Alas, no more. From Cnet: Dan Kusnetzky, for years a fixture … Continue reading →

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VA Software sells Animation Factory — Is there more to come?

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Richard

I was very surprised to see that VA Software had sold the Animation Factory assets to JupiterMedia. This brings an additional $9.35M cash to the company, bringing the total equity to approximately $55M. Is this a single event, or is … Continue reading →

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