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“Gigablast has teamed up with Imperial Family Companies to create a next generation private search engine, private.sh.” Imperial Family Companies are the peopl
by nixgeek 5y ago
“Gigablast has teamed up with Imperial Family Companies to create a next generation private search engine, private.sh.”
Imperial Family Companies are the people who essentially destroyed [1] the freenode IRC network, aren’t they?
[1] https://netsplit.de/networks/history/top10_2021u.png https://netsplit.de/networks/history/top10_2021u.png
- humanistbot 5y agoYes, the same ones [1]. They are an investment firm that was formerly known as London Trust Media. You can see they have listed both "IRC" (links to irc.com) and "freenode" in their portfolio. [2] [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2021-May/001923.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2021-May/001923... [2] https://imperialfamily.com/ https://imperialfamily.com/ (hover over "Technology)
- mrtweetyhack 5y agolet's just make sure we destroy everything they invest in
- superkuh 5y agoIt's hard to believe they'd take money from someone that attacked so many open source projects earlier this year by leveraging "donations". They should be careful.
- ludamad 5y agoAt the same time, they're in a position to consent to a transition, not sure there's a community of collective ownership here like with freenode