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This is what happens when you have a parent company. The freshmeat brand was good enough, IMHO.
by roschdal 15y ago
This is what happens when you have a parent company.
The freshmeat brand was good enough, IMHO.
- nona 15y agoI liked the original Freshmeat too. It feels a bit too generic now.
- SkyMarshal 15y agoFor hackers maybe, but apparently their target market is larger. "...while numerous sales teams have struggled to position the freshmeat brand appropriately among potential sponsors in the United States. Outside of our very own small niche of the Web, people have all sorts of associations with the name freshmeat, most of which have nothing to do with a free, open source software directory." Eg, no more accidentally mistaking the brand for butcher shops or child porn.
- viraptor 15y agoSometimes it's a good idea. If I had a penny for every time I go to ripe org instead of net... (NSFW warning)