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If by developers you mean the founders, I'd reckon they are feeling pretty good all said and done. It's common knowledge that a vast majority of acquisitions f

If by developers you mean the founders, I'd reckon they are feeling pretty good all said and done. It's common knowledge that a vast majority of acquisitions fail and end up shutting down post acq. So while I can understand your frustration for your unpaid work, it can be assumed that these guys were very well paid. It makes it less similar to your situation.

droithomme 15y ago
I apologize for confusing things by bringing up too many issues at once. In particular, I did briefly mention pay, it was meant to be a brief aside, and should not have because it's irrelevant to the point as it pertains to money. Obviously I was paid a lot, but on salary one does not receive overtime pay for extra hours. Extra hours are thus a free will donation to the project. The idea I was trying to express, but failed to do well was that, if I knew in advance my work would be annihilated, I would never have bothered caring too much about it or staying past 5 to meet an important deadline or working all weekend on a bug fix. It's not about money. It's about having one's powerful creative work destroyed by imbeciles. I have 630,000 hours alive before I will die from birth to death. About 200,000 of them remain. The clock is ticking right now. Each hour that passes is lost and will never ever be recovered. The time of talented individuals is best spent contributing, not pissing their talent away in futility. I did not make the same mistake of youth I describe above ever again. Since then I have always retained control and/or ownership of my work. I gently advise others to consider doing the same. The purpose of my post was to express sympathy and empathy with their tremendous loss, not disdain for not being rich enough. I am already rich enough, what I can't get more of is hours remaining.
- wladimir 15y ago
  I have 630,000 hours alive before I will die from birth to death. About 200,000 of them remain. The clock is ticking right now. Each hour that passes is lost and will never ever be recovered. The time of talented individuals is best spent contributing, not pissing their talent away in futility I wish I could give you 10 upvotes for this. Time and passion is not equivalent, not even freely interchangeable, with money.

droithomme 15y ago

I apologize for confusing things by bringing up too many issues at once. In particular, I did briefly mention pay, it was meant to be a brief aside, and should not have because it's irrelevant to the point as it pertains to money. Obviously I was paid a lot, but on salary one does not receive overtime pay for extra hours. Extra hours are thus a free will donation to the project. The idea I was trying to express, but failed to do well was that, if I knew in advance my work would be annihilated, I would never have bothered caring too much about it or staying past 5 to meet an important deadline or working all weekend on a bug fix. It's not about money. It's about having one's powerful creative work destroyed by imbeciles. I have 630,000 hours alive before I will die from birth to death. About 200,000 of them remain. The clock is ticking right now. Each hour that passes is lost and will never ever be recovered. The time of talented individuals is best spent contributing, not pissing their talent away in futility. I did not make the same mistake of youth I describe above ever again. Since then I have always retained control and/or ownership of my work. I gently advise others to consider doing the same. The purpose of my post was to express sympathy and empathy with their tremendous loss, not disdain for not being rich enough. I am already rich enough, what I can't get more of is hours remaining.

wladimir 15y ago
I have 630,000 hours alive before I will die from birth to death. About 200,000 of them remain. The clock is ticking right now. Each hour that passes is lost and will never ever be recovered. The time of talented individuals is best spent contributing, not pissing their talent away in futility I wish I could give you 10 upvotes for this. Time and passion is not equivalent, not even freely interchangeable, with money.