Pogoplug’s Strategy for Responsible Business
May 12th, 2009 by emilyThe instability of the economy has created a lot of fear when it comes to business. People’s budgets are tighter than ever, so when considering purchasing the newest gadgets on the market, new questions are being asked of our tech startups. When they first launched, Pogoplug was greeted with some tough queries that were a challenge to answer. Many reporters and customers asked, “What happens if Pogoplug goes out of business?” While most big companies point to their track record and funding to quell those fears, Pogoplug decided to go along with their innovative instincts and create a brand new solution.
Today, Pogoplug has put their source code in an Escrow account and in the event of their bankruptcy, the code will be published on SourceForge. This strategy leaves the community stakeholders in charge, so that programmers, companies and community organizations can have complete access to rebuild and maintain the necessary servers to keep Pogoplugs working.
Pogoplug made this announcement through a post on their blog, which you can read here. A few members of the press and blogger community have picked up the story. Here’s what they have to say:
-CNET
