Re:Lessons From The Dramatic Slow-Motion Death Of Wikitravel
by Revisor on Saturday September 29, 2012 @06:24PM
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Spot the differences:
2007 - Internet Brands purchases Jelsoft, creator of the succesful vBulletin forum SW
2009 - IB starts selling vB 4.0 despite it being not finished and buggy. Customers are angry
2010 - Internet Brands sues Kier Darby, a lead developer of XenForo, who had previously served as a lead developer for Internet Brands' vBulletin, claiming that Kier had not returned confidential information from Internet Brands regarding the vBulletin software
2012 - After not having fulfilled the promises of vB4, IB introduces vB5. The beta version meets with horror and disgust of the current customers. No serious forum plans to upgrade.
2013 - The once mighty forum's future is as well as dead.
2007 - Internet Brands purchases Jelsoft, creator of the succesful vBulletin forum SW
2009 - IB starts selling vB 4.0 despite it being not finished and buggy. Customers are angry
2010 - Internet Brands sues Kier Darby, a lead developer of XenForo, who had previously served as a lead developer for Internet Brands' vBulletin, claiming that Kier had not returned confidential information from Internet Brands regarding the vBulletin software
2012 - After not having fulfilled the promises of vB4, IB introduces vB5. The beta version meets with horror and disgust of the current customers. No serious forum plans to upgrade.
2013 - The once mighty forum's future is as well as dead.