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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by heraclez on Thursday January 28, 2016 @05:34PM (#10991981)
And that's not all. Parse just did a full rebranding, including a full frontend overhaul of its dashboard.

What the hell is going on?

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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by timdorr on Thursday January 28, 2016 @05:40PM (#10992031)
It's a BA came through and said "Oh, they're not making a billion dollars for us yet? Let's get rid of them!"
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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by dalacv on Thursday January 28, 2016 @06:02PM (#10992194)
BA?
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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by DonHopkins on Thursday January 28, 2016 @06:46PM (#10992463)
Butthead Astronomer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation#Libel_di...

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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by pyb on Thursday January 28, 2016 @06:05PM (#10992218)
Business Analyst
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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by adventured on Thursday January 28, 2016 @05:51PM (#10992109)
Deals often are on and then off or otherwise not necessarily expected to happen. In the midst of that, services typically and properly tend to push forward with what they were already doing as though no deal is going to happen. The worst thing you can do, is halt your progress during a negotiation.
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Re:Facebook is closing Parse by heraclez on Thursday January 28, 2016 @06:08PM (#10992252)
Halting progress indeed seems like the commonsensical thing to do. A massive UI overhaul is not be the most resource-efficient course of action if you plan on announcing your demise. Hence my startling
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