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Post number 8524

artlung — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:24:38 -0800

Phil Greenspun's Story of ArsDigita gone, replaced with terse statement. Anyone have background on this? The google cache still exists of the page. Philip is an intelligent web thinker, and I hope he got a fair shake. The confidentiality agreement is a bummer though. Part of the appeal of Greenspun is how his life is so open on the web. Previous threads from MeFi.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:49:42 -0800

Greenspun's story permanently archived here: http://www.waxy.org/random/arsdigita/

By: rodii

rodii — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:59:18 -0800

You can pretty much guess. Large (enough) settlement for Phil to spend some time in Europe nursing his wounds. next internet boom, someone takes him on as their in-house Bill Joy figure but don't let him near any actual management duties. He continues to win admirers and alienate coworkers. Eventually, the universe spirals into decay and heat death.

By: artlung

artlung — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:04:38 -0800

Does anyone know when the replacement of the page happened?

By: holgate

holgate — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:08:13 -0800

From this thread on his personal site, it looks like the page was changed around June 20th. Another thread discussing the case has been deleted. Of course, on past history, it won't take long for people here to find out the intimate details.

By: holgate

holgate — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:09:33 -0800

(actually, that link is to arsdigita.com, so let's see how long it stays up...)

By: will

will — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:42:12 -0800

god bless google cache.

By: bryanboyer

bryanboyer — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:36:47 -0800

Two words: cash out. Good for him. Being paid to keep quiet is the best profession ever!

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:46:54 -0800

I thought the uptime service was meant to have been removed weeks ago.. still working for me though, I've been getting mails from it!

By: artlung

artlung — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:13:33 -0800

will: amen! bryan, rodii: yeah, looks like they're showing him the money. i look forward to what he's gonna do next. I'm ready for another book. holgate: thanks for the link! looks like I'm a few days late catching this. as for uptime - yes, they decided to kill it, then didn't because of resultant uproar, and I think now are asking for donations. i think the metaphor Greenspun uses about the arsdigita execs: -- "like watching a group of nursery school children who've stolen a Boeing 747 and are now flipping all the switches trying to get it to take off" -- is not far off. they don't know what they have.

By: davewiner

davewiner — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:51:34 -0800

Two words: cash out. Good for him. Being paid to keep quiet is the best profession ever! Exactly. I wish I could get a deal like that.

By: davewiner

davewiner — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:52:19 -0800

That was a joke, for the humor-impaired amongst us.