BIZX have an admittedly inhereted credibility gap to bridge with Slashdot and Sourceforge.  That&#x27;s going to require both openness and getting <i>well</i> out in front of the message.<p>Why a principally tourism-oriented website management firm now has an interest in these two specific, storied, and as noted, tainted properties has some &#x27;splainin&#x27; to do.  The name doesn&#x27;t much help.  It&#x27;s not awful, but it&#x27;s definitely not great.  There&#x27;s little on the principles (I&#x27;ve found ... Rodger, is it? via LinkedIn and Bloomberg), and addressing why they&#x27;re interested and what you&#x27;re bringing to the table, and, since this is a business, are hoping to take from it, are valid questions for the community to be asking.<p>Go back to see what the discussion was at the time Dice picked up Slashdot and Sourceforge:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6262347" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6262347</a><p>From the even more technical Linux Weekly News:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lwn.net&#x2F;Articles&#x2F;564250&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lwn.net&#x2F;Articles&#x2F;564250&#x2F;</a><p>Or the (minimal) discussion from the announcement DHI were selling them:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9961783" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9961783</a><p>Or Slashdot itself:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.slashdot.org&#x2F;story&#x2F;175039" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.slashdot.org&#x2F;story&#x2F;175039</a><p>Among the comments:  &quot;Who the hell is going to buy sourceforge at this point? It&#x27;s not even worth the intellectual property behind the scenes. Maybe someone like cnet who wants another distribution channel for not-quite-malware.&quot;<p>Again: I&#x27;ve had at least 17 years&#x27; association with Slashdot, and quite nearly as long with Sourceforge.  I&#x27;m rather skeptical at this point that <i>any</i> private concern can manage them appropriately.  It&#x27;s an uphill battle.<p>If your intentions are good, best luck to you.  Don&#x27;t think it&#x27;ll be easy, and there are many who may well be hoping to see you stumble.  I&#x27;m <i>not</i> one of them, but I&#x27;m highly dubious of success.