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It seems like they go out of their way to hide the real identity of the ppl behind this (feels like a solo developer). Why would someone do this? http://symisc
by emmanueloga_ 6y ago
It seems like they go out of their way to hide the real identity of the ppl behind this (feels like a solo developer). Why would someone do this?
http://symisc.net/contact.html http://symisc.net/contact.html
- enriquto 6y ago> Why would someone do this? Maybe they regard it as a hobby side project. Or maybe not everybody wants to attract public attention to all of their activities.
- n_t 6y agoIt is indeed interesting! I had some use case in mind so I tried to find more about company. sysmic is owned by Pixlab, but both have zero info about people involved. Interestingly, even their linkedin page (../company/pixlabio) doesn't lists any individual and given the work they are doing, I doubt it's single person effort. Well, someone mentioned darknet project, looking into that instead.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoI don't have an answer, but it's not always a bad sign. This guy was a powerhouse in the Ruby community, for instance, and was anonymous for as long as he was active there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff
- badpun 6y agoThey are a commercial operation. If this is indeed a single guy, by obfuscating that, he can fool some people into thinking that they're dealing with a larger organization (and hence be more willing to hand over money).
- ricardo81 6y agoCould just be a privacy conscious individual, though visibility does indeed help peace of mind
- symisc_devel 6y agoYou are wrong. Symisc is an independent software vendor with a distributed team of ~14 collaborators and offices in Texas, Luxembourg and Tunis.