VA Research (1993–1999) VA Linux Systems (1999–2001) VA Software (2001–2007) SourceForge (2007–2009)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Online media Retail
Founded
November 1993; 30 years ago (1993-11)[1]
Founder
Larry Augustin[2] & James Vera (VA Research)
Headquarters
Fairfax County, Virginia
Key people
Kathryn McCarthy (CEO)
Parent
GameStop (2015–present)
Geeknet, Inc. is a Fairfax County, Virginia–based company that is a subsidiary of GameStop.[3] The company was formerly known as VA Research, VA Linux Systems, VA Software, and SourceForge, Inc.[1]
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Geeknet, Inc. is a Fairfax County, Virginia–based company that is a subsidiary of GameStop. The company was formerly known as VA Research, VA Linux Systems...
for women. On May 26, 2015, Hot Topic announced its intent to acquire Geeknet Inc., owner of the online retailer ThinkGeek, for $122 million. However...
1999 and was based in Fairfax, Virginia. The brand is currently owned by Geeknet, a subsidiary of GameStop. ThinkGeek was founded in 1999, and originally...
September 2012 SourceForge, Slashdot, and Freecode were acquired from Geeknet by the online job site Dice.com for $20 million, and incorporated into...
2011, and in September 2012, Dice Holdings acquired the website from Geeknet. Purportedly as a result of low traffic levels, the site is no longer being...
RadioShack locations in February 2015. In July 2015, GameStop acquired Geeknet. On August 3, 2016, GameStop acquired 507 AT&T store chains in plans to...
changed its name to SourceForge, Inc. on May 24, 2007, and then became Geeknet, Inc. on November 4, 2009. Slashdot's 10,000th article was posted after...
for the company's steep decline. Langone was a member of the boards of Geeknet, Database Technologies, ChoicePoint Inc., Unifi, and Yum! Brands, Inc....
2009, Ohloh was acquired by Geeknet, owners of the popular open-source development platform SourceForge. However, Geeknet sold Ohloh to the open-source...
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He is a former venture capitalist and the founder of VA Software (now Geeknet). During the height of the dot-com bubble, Augustin was a billionaire on...
includes the closed-source "pdfforge Toolbar"". SourceForge issue tracker. Geeknet, Inc. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-24...
Retrieved September 3, 2011. "Cox Discontinues Usenet, Starting In June". Geeknet, Inc. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012...
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Retrieved 19 July 2011. "Virtual CD/DVD-Writer Device". SourceForge. Geeknet, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 July...
1986 Electronic Rival". science.slashdot.org. Mountain View, California: Geeknet. Retrieved 23 March 2011. Cohen, Daniel J; Rosenzweig, Roy (30 August 2005)...
had previously founded and served as the CEO of VA Linux (now known as Geeknet). In June 2010, Sugar launched Sugar 6, a major upgrade emphasizing ease...
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December 2023. "Celestia - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". SourceForge. Geeknet, Inc. Retrieved 9 June 2011. "Celestia localization". Transifex. Retrieved...
Community Choice Awards". SourceForge. Geeknet, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2011. "Media Coder". SourceForge. Geeknet, Inc. Archived from the original on...
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