Scott Patten

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since April 25, 2001

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April 25, 2001, on ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up:
First, I have been a Philip and Alex fan since the first few chapters were posted and I have a lot of respect and admiration for Phillip but I have to question whether this suit is worth winning. Phillip paints a pretty clear picture of what it takes to survive in the software world. I wonder how many 6 day programmer weeks have been lost or wasted so far. I wonder what the competition has been doing during this time. I wonder if this is an itch that has been suficiently scratched. Then I wonder what is the "next big thing" and whether it's best developed by ArsDigita or by something else like PhAlexCo? I wonder if there will be any cash left to resurect ArsDigita when this is over? My guess is that ArsDigita management won't be very popular if ArsDigita tanks. This may make ArsDigita management do irrational things. There may not be much left of the company once this has played out. I don't want to suggest that ArsDigita is doomed. I just hope it has a fighting chance once th...