@kat I can recall only one epic fail, but it was epic: Apparently, there's some grim legal logic in the #US which means that, after a certain amount of success, unless you're a 501c you can't afford not to have an IPO. And from that point on, you are a slave to shareholders. So #StatusNet 1.0 became "Enterprise Social Software". I posted something to the effect of "Oh, goody. Lotus Notes." which Evan took exception to. And then the money ran out, followed by the high-profile hackers hired with the money, followed by the founder who was dazzled by a shiny thing called node.js. https://web.archive.org/web/20110802043035/http://status.net:80/