Wow. I guess there is some good news in 2020, after all!
I wrote a monthly column for LJ for 20 years (!), and loved it, both as an author and as a reader. (I also loved hearing from people around the world who read it. Many of the subscribers to my "Better developers" weekly newsletter about Python tell me that they used to read my columns.)
Linux Journal died twice in the last few years, and when it closed in the summer of 2019, we were sure that this was the end.
Then I got e-mail from someone a few weeks ago, asking if I knew anything about Slashdot buying LJ. I had no idea, and asked a few other LJ alumni on Twitter what they knew, which was nothing. The info was on Slashdot's site, but there weren't any other details other than the mention of a purchase.
Let's hope that it works out this time around. I wish the best of success to Slashdot, the new Linux Journal, and the readership.
I wrote a monthly column for LJ for 20 years (!), and loved it, both as an author and as a reader. (I also loved hearing from people around the world who read it. Many of the subscribers to my "Better developers" weekly newsletter about Python tell me that they used to read my columns.)
Linux Journal died twice in the last few years, and when it closed in the summer of 2019, we were sure that this was the end.
Then I got e-mail from someone a few weeks ago, asking if I knew anything about Slashdot buying LJ. I had no idea, and asked a few other LJ alumni on Twitter what they knew, which was nothing. The info was on Slashdot's site, but there weren't any other details other than the mention of a purchase.
Let's hope that it works out this time around. I wish the best of success to Slashdot, the new Linux Journal, and the readership.