@ Stupéfaction : Homme blessé, Dave Winer fait une pause (de combien de temps ?) de Scripting.com
Inattendu car venu comme ça, Dave Winer laisse depuis ce jour une page presque blanche de Scripting.com pour une durée indéterminée :
"Scripting News is taking a break.
The lack of support, even name-calling, from people who think of themselves as my friend, has got me thinking that maybe this isn't worth it.
I'm thinking about all the services I provide and UserLand provides, for free, after years of pouring money and energy into community building, and the lack of appreciation for any of that in the community.
So I'm shutting down Scripting News now, to give me some time to think, and to give you all a demo of what it would be like if it weren't here. These last few days have been really awful. You can't imagine what it's like to have so many people screaming at you. It's inhuman, especially considering that my health isn't that good. The only conclusion I can come to is that I shouldn't be doing this.
Give it some thought. This is what it would look like if there were no Scripting News. What would it be worth to you, not in monetary terms, but in support terms, to keep this going.
I'm not willing to go on without more support.
Best wishes.
Dave"
Apparemment, l'homme est blessé de peu de reconnaissance obtenue, de l'acharnement de certains, pour quelqu'un qui déclare avoir la santé fragile... Pourtant l'oeuvre bloguesque de Dave Winer avec Scripting.com est essentielle. Pourquoi ? Pourquoi arrête-t-il ? De quel acharnement parle-t-il ?
La semaine dernière, Dave avait ouvertement critiqué la version bêta de la nouvelle barre d'outils de Google pour "blog this !", fonctionnalité fermée et uniquement utilisable par les blogueurs de Blogger. Cela a-t-il un rapport avec la fermeture de son blog ?
Mise à jour : Metafilter pointe vers un URL caché où Dave continue son blog !