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I have no idea why Do is closing down, but I'm guessing it has something to do with lack of ROI. Hence, Salesforce has a fiduciary duty to do so. This repeated

by blowski 13y ago

I have no idea why Do is closing down, but I'm guessing it has something to do with lack of ROI. Hence, Salesforce has a fiduciary duty to do so. This repeated criticism on HN of any company choosing to close down a service is bizarre.

moreentropy 13y ago
Maybe. But that goodbye post is a joke. No facts, no reason, just a friendly fuck you.
- joshcrowder 13y ago
  Very true, I received the email twice, insult to injury. "We are working on a way to export your data, So long suckerss!!!"
wpietri 13y ago
Soberly exercised fiduciary duty is probably around #15 on the reason why things get closed down. Other things that I expect are higher include a couple of key people leaving; a manager not liking another manager; an executive not really understanding the product, the audience, the market, or the potential; idiocy; somebody wanting their budget; somebody being envious of their success; somebody hating the guy who ok'd the acquisition; the departure of the guy who ok'd the acquisition; more idiocy; somebody suddenly needing to be seen as a bold and decisive leader; the need for a distraction; or it not being mauve [1]. There is no particular reason to think high-level executives at a company have a better understanding of one of their minor products than do the people who post here on Hacker News. Indeed, the people posting here demonstrably have a surplus of time, nosiness, and interest in the industry. High-level executives are generally insanely busy and very focused on their jobs. Which includes understanding their industry, but only as a relatively small fraction of their time. [1] http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-11-17/ http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-11-17/ Updated to add: I have no idea what goes on inside Salesforce; this view comes mainly from 25 years of reading the business press.

by blowski 13y ago

moreentropy 13y ago

Maybe. But that goodbye post is a joke. No facts, no reason, just a friendly fuck you.

joshcrowder 13y ago
Very true, I received the email twice, insult to injury. "We are working on a way to export your data, So long suckerss!!!"

wpietri 13y ago

Soberly exercised fiduciary duty is probably around #15 on the reason why things get closed down. Other things that I expect are higher include a couple of key people leaving; a manager not liking another manager; an executive not really understanding the product, the audience, the market, or the potential; idiocy; somebody wanting their budget; somebody being envious of their success; somebody hating the guy who ok'd the acquisition; the departure of the guy who ok'd the acquisition; more idiocy; somebody suddenly needing to be seen as a bold and decisive leader; the need for a distraction; or it not being mauve [1]. There is no particular reason to think high-level executives at a company have a better understanding of one of their minor products than do the people who post here on Hacker News. Indeed, the people posting here demonstrably have a surplus of time, nosiness, and interest in the industry. High-level executives are generally insanely busy and very focused on their jobs. Which includes understanding their industry, but only as a relatively small fraction of their time. [1] http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-11-17/ http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-11-17/ Updated to add: I have no idea what goes on inside Salesforce; this view comes mainly from 25 years of reading the business press.