Rob Malda also known as "CmdrTaco", Editor-in-Chief of Slashdot.org has decided to say goodbye to his post after 14 years and 15,000 stories posted (the website overall has poster over 1,14,000 stories so far). Rob Malda started Slashdot when he was still in college and today it has grown to become one of the largest website providing "news for nerds and stuff that matters".
In his farewell post Rob Malda says, "In the last 14 years, Slashdot has covered so many amazing events: The explosion of Linux. The rise of Google. The return of Apple. The Dot Com Bubble. The DMCA. 9/11. Wars. Elections. Numerous successful Shuttle Launches and one Disaster. Scientific Breakthroughs galore. Cool toys. Web2.0! Social Networking. Blogging! Podcasting! Micro-Blogging! The Lord of the Rings being filmed and an entire trilogy of new Star Wars. OMG Ponies!! So many moments that I could run this paragraph for hours with moments where we shared something important, meaningful, or just stupid." This just goes to show the plethora of content that was covered and quite frankly it sounds like the site was geek heaven.
In his farewell note, Rob Malda states the dramatic change in the Internet as one of his reasons for leaving the business but he is confident in the abilities of the Slashdot editors and engineers- "some of whom have been here just short of forever" to carry on the legacy he has built for over a decade.
You can read Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda
complete farewell letter here.