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SourceForge To Acquire Development Portal Ohloh.net

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-conspiracy-on dept.

SourceForge, Inc. (parent company of Slashdot, and the corporate overlord of SourceForge.net and ThinkGeek) announced today plans to purchase Ohloh, a three-year-old Seattle company that runs Ohloh.net, a software-development portal that specializes in the community aspects of distributed open source projects. The purchase will probably be final as of next month. (I hope no one requires that I show up to an office, just because one will be nearby.)

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  1. Re:I love slashdot, but... by Darkness404 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You'd be surprised how quickly ad money can add up on popular websites. Plus Thinkgeek sells a lot of things and has a nice markup on some items.

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  2. Re:Congratulations! by legirons · · Score: 4, Interesting

    so what happens when a site known for its great features and well-designed user-interface gets bought by a company with a phobia of both things?