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Quite disappointed in the way Etacts handled this. here I was disappointed on their behalf not knowing they had sold. The best they could/should have done is to
by OoTheNigerian 16y ago
Quite disappointed in the way Etacts handled this. here I was disappointed on their behalf not knowing they had sold. The best they could/should have done is to say we are selling and we are shutting down. That is the proper thing to do, period. We as customers/users deserve that much.
Why the secret? Especially if the news was still going to come out!
- wdewind 16y agoAre you serious? You really can't think of any reasons they wouldn't be 100% open about this?
- anonymous246 16y agoYes. They're not the first company to shut down on getting bought.
- OoTheNigerian 16y agoAfter selling? Nope. Can you?
- wdewind 16y agoMy point is things like acquisitions are pretty chaotic. Think of all the crazy acquisition stories you have heard this week on HN alone. Seems a little immature to start throwing the word "deserve" around when this could've been as simple as a minor miscommunication. Way to demand perfection from the outside.
- j_baker 16y agoA minor miscommunication is something like saying you're going to close down on January 28th instead of the 29th. Leaving out major pieces of information (like "we're getting bought by salesforce.com") is a major miscommunication. Seems a little immature to throw around words like "perfection" when we're talking about someone pointing out a reasonable issue with their announcement.
- raquo 16y agoThere is no reason to disable new registrations (and that was the only tangible AND immediate effect of the shutdown) several hours before you could do it in a much better way. That sounded like a pure fail to me before the acquisition announcement.
- andrewljohnson 16y agoI have never seen a company post a blog that said "we're shutting down" only to hear later that they got bought. Ever.
- charlesju 16y agoUsually in term sheets there is a clause that says the founders cannot talk publicly about the acquisition. Salesforce can do whatever they want.