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NaN Closes Shop, The End of Blender?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whats-your-vector-victor dept.

lowell writes "The shareholders and directors of NaN Holding BV, owners of Blender, have decided to terminate all activities of NaN Technologies BV and apply for its bankruptcy at the Amsterdam court. It means that effective today, all technology development and website activities around Blender will be frozen. " Nice app. Too bad really.

8 of 321 comments (clear)

  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yup... no big deal, really...

  2. Re:Blender? by (startx) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    darquri's, margarita's, you name it. personal, I'd rather freeze the stuff *inside* the blender, but that's just me.

  3. Re:Not good news for Linux by 9632 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Did they fire their web designer too? Frontpage sucks.

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  4. Page Widening Posts by Karma+Star · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree. Slashdot has let this bug go on way too long. And you know what? Jamie McCarthy has been given the patch to fix this, but he chooses not to implement it!

    Well, since Jamie claims IE users are only a small minority of users that thread I posted above, then I guess it won't affect his subscriber too badly, will it?

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  5. Mod Parent Up (nt) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt

  6. Thank God for handheld organizers. by heroine · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Corel Computer, VA I.O.U., Suse, Mandrake, Loki: they didn't make handheld organizers.

  7. Re:Any mirrors still active? by protonman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah I want one too! Does anybody happen to have a mirrored copy op the latest blender3d (2.25) for Linux?

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  8. easy, just click "see the rest of this comment"! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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.attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot.The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot.The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot.The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot.The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot .The .average .Joe .Q .Slashdot .reader .may .read .slashdot .at .negative .1 .He .rightly .so .thinks .some .1 .is .underrated .and .actually .some .of .it .is .very .good .stuff .However .he .gets .quickly .annoyed .by .the .negative .1 .page .widenings .and .simply .moves .his .threshold .to .0 .or .1 .So .now .you .have .all .the .regular ."good .citizens .of .slashdot" .reading .slashdot .at .higher .thresholds .So .nobody .is .reading .at .negative .1 .Now .Crap .Flounderson/CmdErtaco .says .his .intention .is .to .destroy .slashdot .However .it's .obvious .his .attention .is .just .to .flaunt .his .own .egomuch .like .the .numerous .linux .zealots .because .page .widening .no .longer .works .as .everyone .has .found .the .workaround .to .go .to .a .higher .threshold .That .would .be .fine .if .it .weren't .for .the .fact .that .page .widening .is .having .an .ADVERSE .affect .to .the .time .honored .art .of .trolling .Trolls .post .at .negative .1 .to .be .seen .If .noone .sees .their .work .trolls .get .bored .with .slashdot .So .what .page .widening .is .essentially .doing .is .running .off .the .trolls .And .this .is .why .it .won't .be .fixed .CmdrTaco .y .slashdot .wins .The .trolls .have .run .off .and .all .the ."upstanding" .citizens .of .slashdot .are .reading .and .posting .at .higher .thresholds .This .is .hardly .contributing .to .the .destruction .of .slashdot