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Behind the scenes on SourceForge's acquisition of Ohloh
SourceForge on Thursday announced its acquisition of Ohloh, operator of Ohloh.net, an open-source data and community service. While the acquisition makes sense--Ars Technica dubs the move "the latest in a string of very smart moves that are rapidly turning SourceForge into the collaboration powerhouse that it originally aspired to become"--I wanted to know more about the "how" of the deal.
When did the deal take shape, and how did it come about?
To get answers, I asked Jon Sobel, group president of media at SourceForge, to provide some details.
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