About This Site
In the beginning there was no Slashdot. Bored and confused geeks would scribble "First Post" in the sand. Grits were strictly for consumption and there wasn't a place to get nerd oriented news. Then in September of 97 Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda changed all that. With the help of Jeff "Hemos" Bates and others, Slashdot has stumbled forward with the simple mission to provide 'News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters'.
Today Slashdot is owned by OSDN, but it is
still run by many of the same people as it was 'Back in the Day'. Today we
serve millions of pages to hundreds of thousands of readers. But the goal
is still the same.
You can read more about each of the authors, including contact information,
and figure out who to blame for what by reading
The Authors Page.
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tons of people who use the Submission Form to send
in the stories that we post every day. Thanks go to them for
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