From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2009-01-02T13:22:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Nigh Stikipad

Has anyone considered a class action suite?

On Dec 4 2008, 10:08 am, "Tim Pease" <tim.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Trans <transf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know anything about what happened toStikipad? This was a
> > very nice Ruby-based wiki site that offered free accounts to light
> > users as well as commercial offerings for heavy users. Unfortunately
> > they seem to have gone belly up without so much as whisper of warning
> > to their users.
>
> Found this blog post from May of this year ....http://mentalized.net/journal/2008/05/27/stikipad_when_software_in_th...
>
> and one from June ...http://ferociouspixie.blogspot.com/2008/06/stikipad-is-lame-duck-comp...
>
> Magic 8 Ball says "outlook not so good"
>
> > I have lost a substantial amount of work that I had hosted there. If
> > only I was notified, I would have backed it all up locally. (Let that
> > be a lesson to you!)
>
> Might I recommend using Webby for your wiki and keeping your website
> in a git repository hosed on github. You'll always have a local copy
> of the wiki in your git repo, and you can host the wiki on any server
> you choose. Just a thought
>
> > Does anyone know anyone involved with this company? Is there any hope
> > of salvaging my lost work?
>
> Magic 8 Ball says "no".
>
> > Also, I am surprised they could not keep the business afloat. Even if
> > they weren't turning any profits, I would expect they could at least
> > bring in enough revenue to keep the site running. IfStikipadhas
> > thrown in the towel for good, I for one would be interested in buying
> > up the their software assets on the cheap (something is better than
> > nothing, right?) and restarting the service.
>
> Sounds like they were not responding to their customers. Business is
> not going to work with that kind of attitude.
>
> Blessings,
> TwP