Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 09:39:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch <pat@andover.net> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: The 'Open' release (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005020938230.9947-100000@red-tide.andover.net>
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this just crossed the wires this morning, notice Andover's mention of FreeBSD (see, I told you they wouldn;t get to me, and I'd eventually get to them ;)) -Pat -- Pat Lynch=09=09=09=09=09pat@andover.net Senior Systems Administrator=09=09=09 Andover.net Andover.Net Launches Print Magazine To Cover Open Source Revolution=20 Internet's Leading Open Source and Linux Destination Goes to Press with =91= Open=92 ACTON, Mass.--May 2, 2000--Andover.Net (NASDAQ: ANDN), the leading Internet= =20 destination for Linux and Open Source computing, today announced the launch= =20 of Open magazine, which will premiere in August. Editorial content in the= =20 new monthly will feature benchmarked product reviews, technology briefings= =20 and detailed case studies that reveal the dramatic changes Open Source is= =20 making on information technology. =93Andover.Net created a powerful vertical portal for a community building= =20 enterprise computing strategies on Open Source software,=94 says Bill Dwyer= ,=20 Andover.Net=92s Vice President of Publishing. Dwyer notes: =93Our leading L= inux=20 and Open Source sites, Slashdot.org and Freshmeat.net, already recognize=20 the =91three C=92s of successful web publishing: Community, Content and=20 Commerce. But the market is adding a fourth =91C=92=85Change. For some time= , the=20 only operating system to gain on Microsoft in market share has been Linux.= =20 NextApache, also Open Source, became the number one web server. Now the=20 hottest niche in the storage market, Network Attached Storage, is being=20 enabled by Open Source operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD. That=20 leaves a lot of decision makers, who must align business goals with=20 technology strategies, struggling to stay on top of the change. We=92ll be= =20 there in print as well as on the Web to help them work through the confusio= n.=94 =93The magazine=92s mission is to bridge technology and business issues for= =20 technologists building IT strategies upon Open Source products,=94 says Dr.= =20 Jack Fegreus, Editorial Director of Open. A key component of the editorial= =20 package will be OpenBench Labs, which will not only review products but=20 will also assess the business benefits of IT technologies, providing better= =20 context for key technology planners. According to Dr. Fegreus, all of the= =20 benchmarks utilized by OpenBench Labs will be Open Source software=20 projects. =93This will enable all of our readers to go far beyond simply=20 replicating everything we do. Now they will have the opportunity to=20 actively participate in designing the logic and methodology of all of our= =20 testing.=94 Michael Lamattina, publisher of Open, says Andover.Net=92s first magazine= =20 challenges traditional publishing strategy in that it inverts the=20 traditional relationship between print and Web-based media. According to=20 Lamattina, =93Traditional magazine publishers focus their energies on print= =20 media and relegate the Internet to supplementing print material and=20 archiving past issues. At Andover.Net, we start on the Web with two-way=20 flow of information and then follow that up with the print magazine. This= =20 gives us a truly comprehensive information system.=94 Commenting on the launch, Lamattina notes, =93We can deliver breaking news = in=20 the blink of an eye and provide our readers with electronic forums and=20 peer-to-peer communication via the Web. Now with the magazine, we can=20 fulfill their most detailed information needs. What=92s more, in the true= =20 spirit of the Open Movement, we can utilize the Web to enable Open=92s=20 readers--many of whom are key decision makers--to engage in an open=20 dialogue for guiding content. This complements Andover.Net=92s new Corporat= e=20 Services program in identifying and communicating with key decision makers= =20 adopting Open Source development methods.=94 Open will be free of charge for qualified IT professionals. Subscriptions= =20 are available on www.openmagazine.net. The new site also maintains=20 information for advertising and PR agencies. About Andover.Net Andover.Net (NASDAQ: ANDN) is the leading Linux destination on the=20 Internet. Serving 60 million page impressions to over 3 million users each= =20 month, Andover.Net (andover.net) includes the largest news/community site,= =20 Slashdot (slashdot.org); the largest site for programmer resources,=20 Freshmeat.net (www.freshmeat.net); QuestionExchange=20 (www.questionexchange.com), providing online Linux support; and the popular= =20 developer e-commerce site, ThinkGeek (www.thinkgeek.com). With these sites= =20 and our other Linux sites such as FreeCode (www.freecode.com) and=20 LinuxDaveCentral (linux.davecentral.com), Andover.Net accounts for over 50%= =20 of the visits to Linux destinations on the Internet. Andover.Net also=20 includes cross-platform sites such as MediaBuilder (www.mediabuilder.com)= =20 that provide programmer and developer resources for users of many popular= =20 operating systems in addition to Linux such as Windows, UNIX and Macintosh. ### Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters=20 discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements involving=20 risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ=20 materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks= =20 and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Andover.Net's limited=20 operating history, expectation that Andover will incur substantial losses= =20 in the future; Andover's reliance on Linux/Open Source community; Andover's= =20 heavy reliance on advertising revenues; intense competition and other risks= =20 listedin Andover.Net's S-1 registration statement. 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