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What Would You Do With Open.org?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whats-wrong-with-porn dept.

itwbennett writes "The Linux Fund recently bought the open.org domain at auction for an undisclosed sum. Now begins the challenge of doing something with it — something that generates enough revenue to be self-sustaining."

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  1. Step... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    1. Buy domain
    2. ??
    3. Profit!!

    1. Re:Step... by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Yeah, they've been having technical problems since October 26, 2009!

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      I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  2. Re:New business model by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Informative
    Considering that it was already being used for something better than "OGM I can get open.org - what can I do with it?"

    The domain name was recently acquired by Linux Fund from the City of Salem, Oregon for an undisclosed amount. Salem's public library was using the domain for a kids-to-Internet program entitled the Oregon Public Education Network. The Linux Fund purchased the domain at public auction.

    ... maybe they can return it to its original use - but it wasn't just for kids, as you can see if you look at the archives.

    snapshot index from wayback machine, from a few years ago, the shutting down notification page.

    So, why not the Open Public Education Network? It's self-referential, same as Linux Is Not Unix, or Gnu's Not Unux.