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]]> http://lightbody.net/blog/2008/08/ning-vs-widgetlaboratory-a-lesson-in-unprofessionalism.html/comment-page-1#comment-959 fosat Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:01:02 +0000 http://lightbody.net/blog/2008/08/ning-vs-widgetlaboratory-a-lesson-in-unprofessionalism.html#comment-959 <a href="http://fosat.tumblr.com/post/47364733/fosat-comment-on-ning-vs-widgetlaboratory" rel="nofollow"></a> Ok - I was crazy enough to read all the 458 posts (as of August 26th on three threads about Ning vs. WL at TechCrunch). You probably don't want to do that to get the picture. But the few things that really convinced me where these two posts... Very good point <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/24/dont-post-the-evidence-unless-it-supports-your-case/all-comments/#comments" rel="nofollow">@Pandrogas</a>I had similar thoughts when I read the published <a href="http://widgetlaboratory.blogspot.com/2008/08/publication-of-correspondence-between.html" rel="nofollow">e-mail correspondence</a> between WidgetLaboratory and Ning. <i>"(WidgetLaboratory) ... destroyed ... (their decent points) writing those emails</i><i> in the most arrogant way possible."</i> Terry in the other <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/23/widgetlaboratory-strikes-back-at-ning-where-it-hurts/" rel="nofollow">WL thread</a> at <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com" rel="nofollow">TechCrunch</a> wrote (and isn't he right somehow?): <i>"Without </i><a href="http://www.ning.com" rel="nofollow"><i>NING</i></a><i>, they would have never existed. They benefited greatly from NING. Now, given those facts, if it were me, I would have sent </i><a href="http://fosat.tumblr.com/post/47120921/gina-bianchini-on-the-future-of-social-niche" rel="nofollow"><i>Gina</i></a><i> a bouquet of roses every day and sent </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen" rel="nofollow"><i>Marc</i></a><i> a handwritten thank you note every single day.</i>" Or - maybe the the story can be told totally different as well. Like: <i>"Maybe WidgetLaboratory provoked the split on purpose because they want to build their own business without Ning. They have everything they wanted (deep knowledge of the datapool technology AND access to Ning network content) and now can sue Ning on top of it."</i> <a href="http://fosat.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow">fosat</a> - The Future of Sex and Technology
Ok – I was crazy enough to read all the 458 posts (as of August 26th on three threads about Ning vs. WL at TechCrunch).
You probably don’t want to do that to get the picture. But the few things that really convinced me where these two posts…
Very good point @PandrogasI had similar thoughts when I read the published e-mail correspondence between WidgetLaboratory and Ning.
“(WidgetLaboratory) … destroyed … (their decent points) writing those emails in the most arrogant way possible.”
Terry in the other WL thread at TechCrunch wrote (and isn’t he right somehow?):
“Without NING, they would have never existed. They benefited greatly from NING. Now, given those facts, if it were me, I would have sent Gina a bouquet of roses every day and sent Marc a handwritten thank you note every single day.“
Or – maybe the the story can be told totally different as well. Like:
“Maybe WidgetLaboratory provoked the split on purpose because they want to build their own business without Ning. They have everything they wanted (deep knowledge of the datapool technology AND access to Ning network content) and now can sue Ning on top of it.”
fosat – The Future of Sex and Technology

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