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It crushes me to hear that they loved my software, and I’m taking it away

21 points by cvshane 12y ago

rtperson 12y ago
I liked this article, but, to use journalist lingo, he "buries the lede" a little. "It’s also tough because since breaking the news to our current set of 3 customers, I’ve received very positive feedback..." A grand total of three customers. This isn't like Google Wave going away. Or, then again, maybe it is. After all, he had three more customers than they did.
- edanm 12y ago
  Hey! I'll have you know I loved Google Wave. :) Kidding aside, Google Wave is an interesting case because it's a product that actually was very popular, just in a use case that was completely different than what it was intended for, and in a way that didn't serve Google. Many startups/companies were using Google Wave as a simple project collaboration tool, and honestly, I still think it was one of the better tools out there for that, and I haven't found a decent replacement.
- cvshane 12y ago
  Haha, I completely agree with you - which is why it's so silly I'm feeling like I'm letting people down - it's just 3 people. I need to get over it and move on.
nfoz 12y ago
Why don't you just leave it up and running? Open-source it, let people run it on their own servers?
- spcoll 12y ago
  I wish more abandoned projects were open-sourced instead of merely shut down. Like Google Wave, which became Apache Wave after Google lost interest in the product...
- cvshane 12y ago
  I could open source it - but honestly, if only 3 people are using it right now, do you think it'll have enough traction for any dev to maintain it?
michh 12y ago
I'm guessing there might be someone willing to take over the project for free (if he's abandoning it anyway) and invest the time in actually getting the word out and improving it? Who knows. Ask for a small percentage of profits or something. The author can't lose more than he already is by completely abandoning it and letting the domain expire. If only because when someone else is keeping it running, he could still use it himself.
- cvshane 12y ago
  I'd love that - are you volunteering? ;-)
  - michh 12y ago
    Sadly, I couldn't right now but I bet there's someone out there that'd be willing to give it a go. Maybe an "Ask HN"-post?
mpnordland 12y ago
Darn, this would have fit my needs exactly. Well, I'm just one person, but the way it's described it would fit my workflow pretty good.
revnja 12y ago
This looks like it would serve the needs of my small team pretty well. We really just need a list of everyone on our team and what tasks they have assigned to them, not really any due date management needed. Please consider open sourcing it to run in our Intranet or something similar! We would use TaskShot!
- cvshane 12y ago
  Oh man, I love how now that I've decided to kill it I'm urged to bring it back. I proves how much I suck at marketing that the most press I get about it is about it retiring. Shoot me a PM on how to contact you and I'll let you know if I open source it.
  - revnja 12y ago
    Maybe I am missing something, but I'm not sure if I can PM or not -- hoping you see this, if so you can contact me via email at my username at gmail dot com. Would be really cool to run a copy of this in-house.
EGreg 12y ago
Why not at least pay the $10 for the domain?
- cvshane 12y ago
  Why keep throwing $10/year down the drain? I know it's not much, but it's still a waste.
  - EGreg 12y ago
    Because people are using your product an relying on it. They can contribute $100 for the year if you really wanted. $10 to pay and $90 for your time lol
dota168 12y ago
> A Sidestrapper is ½ developer, ½ marketer, ½ bootstrapper As a fellow programmer, i'm disappointed with the math.
- whatshisface 12y ago
  A person who develops is not 100% developer. You can have more than 100% of a job by cutting into your personal time. ;)
- cvshane 12y ago
  Haha, I'm trying to be funny, guess it didn't work! :)
sharemywin 12y ago
why not put it on flippa.com even if you get $100 for it, it works out for your customers.
- cvshane 12y ago
  Hmmm...do people actually buy websites that have $0 revenue on flippa?
indlebe 12y ago
Why is the title of the post so different than the article title? I thought it was an erronous link at first.
- cvshane 12y ago
  I pulled a quote from the article, didn't mean to mislead - sorry!

21 points by cvshane 12y ago

I liked this article, but, to use journalist lingo, he "buries the lede" a little. "It’s also tough because since breaking the news to our current set of 3 customers, I’ve received very positive feedback..." A grand total of three customers. This isn't like Google Wave going away. Or, then again, maybe it is. After all, he had three more customers than they did.

edanm 12y ago
Hey! I'll have you know I loved Google Wave. :) Kidding aside, Google Wave is an interesting case because it's a product that actually was very popular, just in a use case that was completely different than what it was intended for, and in a way that didn't serve Google. Many startups/companies were using Google Wave as a simple project collaboration tool, and honestly, I still think it was one of the better tools out there for that, and I haven't found a decent replacement.
cvshane 12y ago
Haha, I completely agree with you - which is why it's so silly I'm feeling like I'm letting people down - it's just 3 people. I need to get over it and move on.

nfoz 12y ago

Why don't you just leave it up and running? Open-source it, let people run it on their own servers?

spcoll 12y ago
I wish more abandoned projects were open-sourced instead of merely shut down. Like Google Wave, which became Apache Wave after Google lost interest in the product...
cvshane 12y ago
I could open source it - but honestly, if only 3 people are using it right now, do you think it'll have enough traction for any dev to maintain it?

michh 12y ago

I'm guessing there might be someone willing to take over the project for free (if he's abandoning it anyway) and invest the time in actually getting the word out and improving it? Who knows. Ask for a small percentage of profits or something. The author can't lose more than he already is by completely abandoning it and letting the domain expire. If only because when someone else is keeping it running, he could still use it himself.

cvshane 12y ago
I'd love that - are you volunteering? ;-)
- michh 12y ago
  Sadly, I couldn't right now but I bet there's someone out there that'd be willing to give it a go. Maybe an "Ask HN"-post?

mpnordland 12y ago

Darn, this would have fit my needs exactly. Well, I'm just one person, but the way it's described it would fit my workflow pretty good.

revnja 12y ago

This looks like it would serve the needs of my small team pretty well. We really just need a list of everyone on our team and what tasks they have assigned to them, not really any due date management needed. Please consider open sourcing it to run in our Intranet or something similar! We would use TaskShot!

cvshane 12y ago
Oh man, I love how now that I've decided to kill it I'm urged to bring it back. I proves how much I suck at marketing that the most press I get about it is about it retiring. Shoot me a PM on how to contact you and I'll let you know if I open source it.
- revnja 12y ago
  Maybe I am missing something, but I'm not sure if I can PM or not -- hoping you see this, if so you can contact me via email at my username at gmail dot com. Would be really cool to run a copy of this in-house.

EGreg 12y ago

Why not at least pay the $10 for the domain?

cvshane 12y ago
Why keep throwing $10/year down the drain? I know it's not much, but it's still a waste.
- EGreg 12y ago
  Because people are using your product an relying on it. They can contribute $100 for the year if you really wanted. $10 to pay and $90 for your time lol

dota168 12y ago

> A Sidestrapper is ½ developer, ½ marketer, ½ bootstrapper As a fellow programmer, i'm disappointed with the math.

whatshisface 12y ago
A person who develops is not 100% developer. You can have more than 100% of a job by cutting into your personal time. ;)
cvshane 12y ago
Haha, I'm trying to be funny, guess it didn't work! :)

sharemywin 12y ago

why not put it on flippa.com even if you get $100 for it, it works out for your customers.

cvshane 12y ago
Hmmm...do people actually buy websites that have $0 revenue on flippa?

indlebe 12y ago

Why is the title of the post so different than the article title? I thought it was an erronous link at first.

cvshane 12y ago
I pulled a quote from the article, didn't mean to mislead - sorry!