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A Dotcom in a Basement?
garyebickford asks: "I recently learned that a company I co-founded a long time ago has degenerated to the point where the present principals have sold off most of the equipment and have moved 'operations' into their houses. Though the founding concept is almost two decades old, they still believe that they'll be able to pull something out of a hat. I'm pretty sure the two remaining true believers haven't been paid for several years, and have been working outside to support themselves. The company hasn't sold anything for years as far as I know, but they have kept it running through an amazing series of trials and tribulations including some of the most amazing legal shenanigans I've ever heard of. The stock was delisted a long time ago and is now valued at about $0.001. Of course, who knows? Maybe it will recover. It's happened before. I'm sure we all know of many others, like snakebit projects that have migrated from company to company, and 'entrepreneurs' who could raise money over and over but never quite get a company going, and of course, really cool technology that just never seemed to come out of development, or was almost done when the money ran out?So Slashdot, fess up - do you have a 'company in a box' downstairs? What kind of earth-shaking, irrelevant or worthless technology is sitting under your stairs? More interestingly, why are you, or they, still committed to the business?"
Who was it? You didn't even post a link for us to ignore!
I'm typing this a second time because the first time the 20-second rule bit me!
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There are a lot of good ideas that just don't work out. Maybe the right time will come; maybe not. In the meantime, go do something else. Don't get so attached to something that didn't work out that you miss out on new opportunities.
As for your question, I had a design and partial implementation of a multiplayer game ... for BBSes. I started that project in 1993, and by 1996 I realized that there's little point in writing for BBSes anymore. So I moved on to a 3d simulation game ... for OS/2. By 1997 I realized that there's little point in writing for OS/2 anymore. So I moved on to grad school, working on theoretically sound statically typed programming languages. By 1999 I realized that there's little point in implementing theoretically sound statically typed programming languages. So I moved on. I now work at a "dot com". We'll see how that goes. :-)
> Or if you preview first
Hahahahahaha! Preview first. That's a good one. You crack me up. *snort* Preview first. Next you'll be talking about reading the linked articles before posting.
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I have been working on a concept I call the "basement company idea exchange forum" forum wherein people who have been working on concepts can get together and discuss their ideas for what they call "basement company idea exchange forum" forums wherein people who have been working on concepts can get together and discuss their ideas for what they call "basement company idea exchange forum" forums wherein people who have been working on concepts can get together and discuss their ideas for what they call "basement company idea exchange forum" forums ...
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Can someone post the text? I can't get to the site! Looks like we slashdotted nothing!
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