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“Andover.Net (www.andover.net), the award-winning online IT
network dedicated to serving the builders of the Internet, today
announced the acquisition of freshmeat.net, a leading Linux
software and news Web site (www.freshmeat.net). With this
acquisition and the recent acquisition of Slashdot.org(TM),
Andover.Net has quickly become the number one destination for the
Linux and open source community. Freshmeat’s visitors brings
Andover.Net’s total number of unique visitors to over 2.5 million
per month and over 40,000,000 page impressions per month. Founder
Patrick Lenz will continue control of the freshmeat.net site as
well as provide direction for other Linux efforts at
Andover.Net.”
“Andover.Net is excited about freshmeat joining our growing
Linux and IT Web network. With the freshmeat acquisition,
Andover.Net continues its focus on Linux and serving the Linux
community,” said Bruce Twickler, president and CEO of Andover.Net.
“Andover.Net, including its freshmeat and Slashdot sites, is the
number one source for Linux on the Web.”
“By joining Andover.Net we can extend our reach and bring Linux
applications to a broader audience. Another advantage is there are
so many synergies between Slashdot and freshmeat.net that when
Slashdot joined Andover.Net it made a lot of sense to me to go
there too,” said freshmeat.net founder Patrick Lenz. “I’m happy to
be a part of Andover.Net who is dedicated to the Linux community,
has the technical knowledge and also the resources to allow me to
add personnel to ensure the continued success and growth of
freshmeat.”