I'm a bit slow on this but here goes. Jeremy Ruston has sold the company that owns TiddlyWiki, to BT and is joining the company as Head of Open Source Innovation. As Jeff Nolan says:
Congratulations are well deserved, Jeremy did a great job building something that when you looked at Tiddlywiki closely is very disruptive.
In the process, Jeremy has taken the wise decision to ring fence TiddlyWiki so as to preserve its open source goodness. That will keep everyone happy.
Even so, I'm a little aghast at one thing Jeremy says:
BT is becoming a remarkable thing: a truly internet-scale consumer company that doesn't rely on owning "secret sauce" software for it's business. At the most senior levels, there's an appetite to embrace open source that wouldn't disgrace a web 2.0 startup. I'll be working with a great many talented and interesting people, and I'm looking forward to it immensely.
Oh how I wish that second statement was truly represented at ground level. BT Workspace is a great idea, BT Tradespace is an abortion. Jeremy - first order of business. Kill BT Tradespace and knock them over the head with a Cluestick. Please.
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