Note about Grid on Tap

[MereMortal]

What follows is based upon some suspicions of mine and a little detective work. It is for informational purposes only, you can make up your own minds.

I was asked a short time ago by a few people to include Grid on Tap on my rankings web site. As I usually do with new projects, I checked out the web site. I basically do this to try to determine if I will be wasting my time scripting for a project that is likely to fail. Well, the site was/is quite barren of information. This in itself isn't bad for a new project, but it made me wary.

Then a short time later, a post showed up on Ars about the project, in which it got panned. Again, not necessarily bad . However, the thread author seemed to be posing as a user, while actually involved in project management. Ok, so be it.

I noticed the other day that Grid on Tap had appeared on Kirk Pearson's web site as a new project. Also, after a period of downtime, the Neo project disappeared. Coincidence?

I thought not, so I did a little searching. Both Grid on Tap and Neo are based on the .NET architecture. Both www.gridontap. com and www.theneoproject.com are aliased to the same IP address. Neo disappears and Grid on Tap pops up.

It could be a creation of my imagination. It could be that the Neo code was picked up by someone new (with access to the same IP address), is totally legitimate, and will be a smashing success. It could also be that the same crew that ran Neo into the ground is running this new project. Given the number of disaffected people here with respect to Neo, I felt it was a good idea to bring these points up. If you want to run Grid on Tap, it might be wise to figure out exactly which of these (or some other) scenarios is true. Or dismiss me as a raving lunatic! :Q

 

[RaySun2Be]

Hey, just because you're a raving lunitic doesn't mean you haven't brought up valid points.





Thanks for the info.

 

[TAandy]

Thanks for that MereMortal
:Q

 

[Baldy18]

I'll bump that.

 

[deerslayer]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Mardeth]

Am I dumb or what?

I dont get it. Do you mean that the Neo guys stop with Neo and started another project to make money?

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Mardeth
Am I dumb or what?

I dont get it. Do you mean that the Neo guys stop with Neo and started another project to make money?

The Neo project incorporated some xbox cracking code which was illegal, and the way that the guys in charge ran it sucked so badly, that it got lots of bad press in the DC community. I'm thinking that they're trying to start over on a "clean slate"; I still wouldn't trust them. :frown:

 

[MereMortal]

Originally posted by: Mardeth
Am I dumb or what?

I dont get it. Do you mean that the Neo guys stop with Neo and started another project to make money?

I'm saying that that is *one* possibility. I've done some basic leg work here, but anyone else is free to follow through. I haven't carried it further because my interest in the project is low as it's a Windows only project. And I only worry about those if I'm really, really, reeeaaaaalllllllly interested in the project.