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Purchase of TortoiseSVN.Net Community Website
Purchase of TortoiseSVN.Net Community Website.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9329G WANdisco Plc 13 June 2013 \n \n\n \nWANdisco plc\n \n(\"WANdisco\" or the \"Company\")\n \nPurchase of TortoiseSVN.Net Community Website\n \n-WANdisco acquires TortoiseSVN.Net Community Website, home to the number one Subversion client used by millions of software developers to expand addressable market-\n\n-TortoiseSVN Project Leader joins WANdisco to further enhance award-winning Subversion client software for Windows-\n\nSheffield, UK - June 13, 2013 - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, announces that it has acquired TortoiseSVN.net, the website for TortoiseSVN, the award-winning open source Subversion client software for Windows with millions of users, for a nominal fee.\n \nTortoiseSVN.net attracts over 500,000 unique visitors each month and supports over five million downloads each year, making it the most popular Subversion client for enterprises that typically have Windows desktops, including many of the company's current customers. The website is considered as one of the most popular among software engineers and allows WANdisco to immediately target a significantly expanded online audience consisting of potential customers for WANdisco's paid Subversion products and services. \n \nAs part of the arrangement, Stefan Küng, the lead developer for TortoiseSVN, will join the company to support and enhance the software, ensuring its viability into the future.\n \nStefan has been the lead developer for TortoiseSVN since the start of the project. In addition to his open source work, Stefan has held senior positions in software and hardware design and engineering. He holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland and is fluent in both German and English.\n \nThe terms of the transaction were not disclosed.\n \nCommenting on the purchase, WANdisco Chairman and CEO, David Richards, said:\n \n\"TortoiseSVN is one of the most popular client applications for software developers. WANdisco has been a major contributor to the TortoiseSVN project since 2010 and with Stefan Küng's expertise, we can ensure this popular open source project continues to thrive with qual...