MereMortal
Golden Member
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
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
