Slashdot Changes Name

KingFishKingFish
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
The Open Source Developer Network, the VA Software division that operates Slashdot and several other Web sites, announced Thursday that it has a new name: the Open Source Technology Group.
The renaming is part of a move to get advertisers to recognize that mainstream information technology personnel read the sites, not just geeks, said Patrick Ferrell, the general manager of OSTG. "Open source has become a real significant trend in the technology marketplace. It's no longer something just for the developer community," he said on Thursday. OSTG is profitable, he added.
Now that slashdot has gone commercial, will it lose its grassroots following that it was infamous for? -KF

Source: ZDNet

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I wonder if it will also lose the "STFU N00B" elitism too.....
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited July 2004
    If all those CEO's are at the site as reported, they better. It'll be a short run at commercialism if not...

    KF
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    So now instead of getting "slashdotted" we get "Opensourcetechnologygroupped" :rolleyes:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Everyone's still going to call it /.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    Yep, I will still call it /.
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited July 2004
    Its just OSDN changing its name ... Slashdot will always be /. its faaar too strong a brand to change that quickly.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    A successful brand like 'slashdot' is hard to come by. Total waste.
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