I remember when they were bought by VA (I think?), the same time as Slashdot changed hands I think. I remember signing up for an account years ago and having t

I remember when they were bought by VA (I think?), the same time as Slashdot changed hands I think. I remember signing up for an account years ago and having to use Putty and SSH keys to upload data which was revolutionary to FTP-aware me. There was an awful lot of software on there (who remembers visiting freshmeat.net to look for daily updates or search for software too????) but I think it would be sad to not realise how great it was that they offered free hosting and tools. They used to have a compile-farm that you could use to build software on different platforms and architectures but this got retired a long time ago. For the free tools you got, it wasn't bad! I think "nerds" are quick to forget that. It was FREE