ArsDigita Shut Down

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Looks like it's official. Philip Greenspun's ArsDigita has been closed, its assets sold to Red Hat. No word on what Red Hat is planning to do with the GPL'd ArsDigita Community System." You may remember ArsDigita from its grand plans during the dot-com boom.

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Careers...

[bob@dB.org]

this is from http://www.arsdigita.com/careers/ which is linked to from the first page.

ArsDigita is searching for energetic and accomplished individuals to join its expanding team. If you are:

• Smart, motivated, business-savvy, and have been successful developing organizations into world-class corporations;
• Eager to join a company that values learning, team and individual contribution, creative problem solving;
• Passionate about Web-based collaboration and open source software;

...then we want to talk to you!

Please surf our Web site to learn more about ArsDigita, its culture, and benefits. Then be sure to check out our opportunities.

speaks volumes of the quality and/or "ease-of-use" for their "Web Content Framework", doesn't it :-)

An unfortunate name

[The Smith]

So did they pronounce their name "Arse Digiter"?? If so, they wouldn't have had much of a chance in the British market...

Re:`Philip Greenspun's -- not accurate

[Seth Finkelstein]

The article has a (probably unintentionally) funny comment about that:

The two sides settled out of court in June, and Greenspun gave up his fight for control. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Greenspun has since purchased an RV and an airplane.

Sig: What Happened To The Censorware Project (censorware.org)

Re:more info on the secret settlement

[abe ferlman]

one theory- they had *lots* of aeron chairs :)

Forget about Greenspun.....

[NerveGas]

I want to know what Eve Andersson will be doing now that ArsDigita been sold...

I suppose that hiring her as my personal masseuese isn't very realistic.

steve