April 25, 2001

9:45 AM

Greenspun Redux.Philip has written an excellent overview of "what went wrong" from ArsDigita's inception to lawsuit phase. It's very detailed, very candid and quite an interesting read. It makes you wonder what stories are behind all the other failed technology and .com companies in the past year and a half.
posted by bkdelong (2 comments total)

Trust Phil to be that candid. I wish there were more around like him. Here's to ya.
posted by DiplomaticImmunity at 10:51 AM on April 25, 2001

For sitting on this (not that it was that easy to write), he's been vilified pretty heavily (e.g. at the slashdot thread). He's also keen to demonstrate (not that it's that hard given the balance sheet) that he was a better businessman than these people who pushed him out for being a poor businessman. Call me 80% in his corner.
posted by dhartung at 2:59 PM on April 25, 2001