Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
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Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
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Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#3Quill owners could prevent that while selling. I'm pretty sure they were aware that Twitter will/could do that.
You can negotiate these things while selling.
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#4The hn header doesn’t match the tweet - quill is providing the ability to export (with one or two exceptions, e.g direct messages)
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#5Quill owners could prevent that while selling. I'm pretty sure they were aware that Twitter will/could do that. You can negotiate these things while selling.
> You can negotiate these things while selling.
Can you do so in a legally-binding way? Surely if you are selling then they own the company, the staff, etc and can do whatever they want?
To do otherwise would mean that you still retain ownership and control of the company, thus not legally "selling".
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#6Their message says there is export: https://quill.chat/updates/2021-12-07-quill-twitter/
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#7You can export until Saturday, no? https://quill.chat/updates/2021-12-07-quill-twitter/
Previous comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29472836
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#8Quill owners could prevent that while selling. I'm pretty sure they were aware that Twitter will/could do that. You can negotiate these things while selling.
> You can negotiate these things while selling. Can you do so in a legally-binding way? Surely if you are selling then they own the company, the staff, etc and can do whatever they want? To do otherwise would mean that you still retain ownership and control of the company, thus not legally "selling".
A contract’s a contract and if they agree to something, it’s enforceable.
For example — it’s not uncommon when adopting a dog to sign a contract agreeing you will walk it N times a week, or never leave it unattended in public, etc.
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#9Has anyone given the motivation behind this yet? They acquire a Slack competitor and then shut it down, to what, help Slack?
Are Quill developers that good that this was the only way to get talent?
I must know, truly.
Re: Twitter shutting down acquired service Quill with 4 day notice and no DM export
#10Great info on their site: "We’d like to thank everybody who has used Quill — if you came on board during our beta, or if you just sent your first message last week. We can’t wait to show you what we’ll be working on next."
Oh yeah, I'm just waiting to jump to your new ship after this.