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Re:TextDrive shuts down by chimeracoder on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:08PM (#7335683)
That doesn't really seem to paint Joyent in a very favorable light.

IMHO, it wasn't a good idea for TextDrive to sell lifetime subscriptions, but if Joyent knew that when they purchased TextDrive, they should have continued to honor them.

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Re:TextDrive shuts down by foltz on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @07:03PM (#7350887)
TextDrive and Joyent were founded by the same people. Joyent continued to sell "lifetime" plans after it consumed TextDrive.

Here's a screenshot ( http://cl.ly/UFhp ) from one of their lifetime offers. Of note: "How long will it last? As long as we exist." At that point, early 2006, TextDrive was a Joyent company. Joyent still exists.

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