A $60,000 Eulogy for ActiveRain
Please comment on Jorgans blog and not here, although I will leave comments open.
Jorgan was the main programer for Activerain. Now you know why all the problems.
I know many will think, "hey it is just corporate or business, but we are so much more than that here in the Rain at least all of us that have been here for a long time and poured our heart and soul into the community.
Welcome dearly beloved, friends, and family. We are gathered here today to honor the memory of ActiveRain, taken from us before her time.
I haven't known ActiveRain as long as many of you. We were introduced through a mutual friend early in 2008. Full of laughter and grace, I couldn't help but fall in love, and committed myself fully to her free spirit during that perfect Washington summer.
Some are born to do great things. ActiveRain didn't just provide a forum for real estate professionals and consumers; she fostered friendships and forged enduring connections that will last long after we've left this burial plot and her name is little more than a faded memory.
She didn't talk much about the cancer. Jon cared for her tirelessly and believed, even until the bitter end, that he could save her. But ducem mercatum is an insidious disease and knows no cure.
Her grace under pressure should serve as an inspiration to all. After learning that Matt and James, once counted among her dearest friends, had sold her out to ducem mercatum for 30 pieces of silver, she simply smiled. No complaints or bitter recriminations accompanied the news of her now-certain death. When Jon was stripped of his power of attorney (née chairman of the board seat), leaving her adrift and under the care of "new management", she offered no protest. And when death finally arrived, she passed secure in the knowledge that she had made a difference in the world.
A wealth of journals filled with wonderful memories still line her shelves. I know that she would want you to keep your writing alive, and encourage you to collect your belongings before the house is sold or razed.
Why the $60,000 eulogy? That's the blood money her new caretakers offered me to reanimate her lifeless cadaver. I choose instead to remember her as she was on that summer day when we first met, full of life and ready to set the world on fire.
We will always love you, ActiveRain. Rest in peace.
Jorgen Hahn, former CTO, VP, Product Development, ActiveRain
(Should this eulogy vanish mysteriously at the hands of our corporate overlords, you can find a permanent copy at http://niveon.com/a-60-000-eulogy-for-activerain.html)
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