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Umbrella purchases Slacknet Communications

Publised on Nov 11, 2007

No more than two weeks after announcing a partnership with online community The Libelldra Forge, both Umbrella and Slacknet Communications announce that they will be merging, that is Slacknet is merging into the much larger Umbrella. There is no doubt, to some, that this is due to the talented programmers at Slacknet and their experience with online communities.

All projects at Slacknet will be moved to Umbrella, and many will undergo many changes. No doubt the ones most worried are those who use Slacknet IRC Network, which they believe will not be profitable for Umbrella and will be shutdown. However, Tom Mruzik, leader of the Slacknet IRC Network project had this to say:

"I'm not worried about Umbrella buying Slacknet Communications, because I think it will actually help us. Umbrella is known, at least by us at Slacknet, for promoting and funding projects will are not necessarily profitable, but do help build community."

M. Mruzik, the leader of the new project initiate which is believed lead to the purchase of Slacknet Communications, said that the company had "no plans at all" to discontinue the Slacknet IRC Network and in fact is "planning to expand it" in the future.

Anthony Senn, President of Slacknet and now executive at Umbrella said some changes will be coming to the network:

"Slacknet IRC Network has switched from Hybrid and HybServ2 to Unreal and Anope. This, however, does not make us a cookie cutter network, as we have already started to customize both the IRCd and the services -- for example to log into this web site you use your IRC nickname and password."

For non-technical people, essentially the software will be changed to a more update software that will hopefully help the network expand.

Slacknet, as a whole, will be discontinued as a brand name, except for Slacknet IRC Network.