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Note to self: don't use a product these devs create. Or, don't ever depend on 'beta' programs for anything. I get that you have to do your own thing for your
by lhnn 16y ago
Note to self: don't use a product these devs create.
Or, don't ever depend on 'beta' programs for anything.
I get that you have to do your own thing for your life, but what a way to let people down. You had two options for supporting existing users, then you say, "No, we're just shutting it down."
Could have given it away, even.
- fooandbarify 16y agoI don't think it's really fair to dump on these guys because of this. I definitely agree that nobody should depend on a 'beta' anything in any serious capacity, but Djangy was pretty obviously a small operation trying something out. I was a beta user and absolutely LOVED it, even though I didn't have the best support experiences ever. Anything I hosted with Djangy could easily be moved elsewhere - I highly doubt there were any users with enough data to make migration difficult.
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- baddox 16y ago> don't ever depend on 'beta' programs for anything Surely you already knew this principle.
- edanm 16y agoI agree with this in principle, but in our Web 2.0 world, "beta" has become almost meaningless half the time. Gmail has only come out of beta last year, hasn't it?
- loire280 16y agoPerpetual public beta is a problem, but there's a huge difference between a public beta from a huge corporation and a small private beta from a startup. I think it's pretty easy to judge based on company size, service momentum, number of competitors, etc. if a service is likely to last.
- Andys 16y agoThis is the dark side of startups that require no capital expenditure. Easy come, easy go.