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Geeknet

Geeknet was a company focused on selling products appealing to the "geek" community, including items related to movies, TV shows, and video games. In July 2015, it was acquired by GameStop.

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Founded
November 1993; 32 years ago (1993-11)
Industry
Online media Retail
Headquarters
Fairfax County, Virginia
Defunct
July 17, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-17)
Fate
Acquired by GameStop
Formerly
VA Research (1993–1999) VA Linux Systems (1999–2001) VA Software (2001–2007) SourceForge (2007–2009)

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Geeknet

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples21
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Geeknet

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related to Geeknet · 6
Geeknet → August, In November, Inc, Kenneth Langone, Scott Kauffman, SourceForge
Defunct · 1
Geeknet → July 17, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-17)
Fate · 1
Geeknet → Acquired by GameStop
Formerly · 1
Geeknet → VA Research (1993–1999) VA Linux Systems (1999–2001) VA Software (2001–2007) SourceForge (2007–2009)
Founded · 1
Geeknet → November 1993; 32 years ago (1993-11)
Founder · 1
Geeknet → Larry Augustin & James Vera (VA Research)
Headquarters · 1
Geeknet → Fairfax County, Virginia
Industry · 1
Geeknet → Online media Retail
Key people · 1
Geeknet → Kathryn McCarthy (CEO)
Type · 1
Geeknet → Defunct

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GeeknetDefunctJuly 17, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-07-17)1.00infobox
GeeknetFateAcquired by GameStop1.00infobox
GeeknetFormerlyVA Research (1993–1999) VA Linux Systems (1999–2001) VA Software (2001–2007) SourceForge (2007–2009)1.00infobox
GeeknetFoundedNovember 1993; 32 years ago (1993-11)1.00infobox
GeeknetFounderLarry Augustin & James Vera (VA Research)1.00infobox
GeeknetHeadquartersFairfax County, Virginia1.00infobox
GeeknetIndustryOnline media Retail1.00infobox
GeeknetKey peopleKathryn McCarthy (CEO)1.00infobox
GeeknetTypeDefunct1.00infobox
Slashdotinstance ofThis acquisition gave VA Linux popular online media properties0.80text
Andover News Networkinstance ofThis acquisition gave VA Linux popular online media properties0.80text
Freshmeatinstance ofThis acquisition gave VA Linux popular online media properties0.80text

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