Forbes.com Provides Readers With Newsfeed From Slashdot

Market Wire, 20050229

OSDN and Forbes.com today announced that Forbes.com will feature a newsfeed from Slashdot(R) - one of OSDN's premier web sites - providing senior-level business readers with access to cutting-edge, high-tech content online.

Forbes.com's recent web site redesign prominently features a Slashdot-branded area with a newsfeed from the site. Slashdot is one of the largest tech sites on the web, with coverage ranging from the ultra-technical to the ultra-controversial. Slashdot joins sites such as Reuters, which provides widespread news, and The McKinsey Group, which provides research updates, to Forbes.com readers.

"We were thrilled when Forbes.com expressed interest in a newsfeed from Slashdot because it will direct even more senior-level business professionals to the Slashdot site," said Richard French, general manager, OSDN. "This move will help to position OSDN to business readers as the place for high tech content, and will help OSDN continue to gain credibility in broader business markets."

"We pursued Slashdot because we think it will add to Forbes.com's Technology channel by providing the caliber of high-tech news our senior executive readership wants," said Paul Maidment, editor, Forbes.com. "Slashdot is a welcome addition to our site."

Slashdot has won more than 20 awards including a 2000 Webby award for Best Community Web Site, a 2000 Webby award for Best Print/Zine, voted one of Newsweek's favorite technology web sites and rated one of Yahoo's top 100 web sites as "Best Geek Hangout" (2001).

You can visit the Slashdot section of Forbes.com at forbes.com/technology. You can visit Slashdot at slashdot.org.

About Forbes.com

Forbes.com Inc., (www.forbes.com) a leading Internet media company, is among the most trusted resources for the world's business and investment leaders, providing them the uncompromising commentary, concise analysis, relevant tools and real-time reporting they need to succeed at work, profit from investing and have fun with the rewards of winning. Forbes.com includes real-time original reporting on business, technology, investing and lifestyle; stock and mutual fund quotes; comprehensive company profiles; a wide array of interactive tools, calculators and databases, including People Tracker, the annual Forbes Lists; a Lifestyle section that currently focuses on high-end vehicles, collecting, real estate and travel; and the complete online editions of Forbes' magazines.

About OSDN

OSDN, the Open Source Development Network, Inc., a subsidiary of VA Software Corp. (Nasdaq: LNUX), is the leading news, collaboration and distribution community for IT and Open Source development, implementation and innovation. OSDN delivers more than 130 million page views and reaches 6 million unique visitors per month. The OSDN audience is comprised of IT Professionals, including C-level and senior management, middle management and a variety of technical staff including developers and systems and network administrators. OSDN sites offer IT news, development tools, distribution and discussion channels, cutting-edge editorial, and ongoing education and evangelism among the IT and Open Source community.

According to the latest @plan data, OSDN is the No. 1 network for delivering people who look for technology news online and the No. 2 network for delivering people who look for general/political news online, based on composition. OSDN is the home of several popular web sites, including the award winning news discussion site, Slashdot.org, and the world's largest collaborative software development site, SourceForge.net.

Note: Slashdot and OSDN are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Open Source Development Network, Inc., in the United States and other countries. SourceForge is a trademark or registered trademark of VA Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. Reuters is the trademark of the Reuters group of companies. McKinsey is a trademark of McKinsey Holdings, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.