Selling AO

AO will more than likely be sold for thousands of dollars to some big corporate company like mircosoft, and my gut feeling just says that isnt right.

i noticed that the sales banner has gone and maybe jp has given up or its been sold. if jp has given up it may be the end of AO cause the reason i beleive jp is selling AO is that he cant afford to support it any more. and if it has been sold, then my gut feeling comes back, so here is this thought.

Would it be a good idea if sombody, like me or joe blogs or some other just-a-guy, buy AO instead of some corporate company.

it did cross my mind of buying AO but like i say, if its a corporate company then its probably been sold for thousands of dollars, particularly if there was competitions between two or more companies.

but, if the price for AO isnt that high, i was wondering if we could all rallie some money together, and let some member thats been here for ages, like senior members of forum moderaters buy AO, that way there will still be the old fasioned AO and not always under threat by the corporate company.

Just a thought,

TN123

it's a nice idea... I appreciate it..

because of the fact that , if AO gets into the hands of big corporates, it will be the end of our freedom of speech and sadly it may be in turn the end of AO as well. We the current & future AO members does not like our tongues to be tied. If a big giant buys AO, certainly, the opinions favourable to them will be given preference and my dear fello AOers will be forced to talk in their voice or forced to shut our mouth.
Sadly this situation may lead the users going away from AO , it is the duty of AO community to prevent this from happening..

I hope it is better to run AO , by a community than a single owner . This does not mean that JP's running of AO was bad.. I appreciate JP's initiate and hardwork to make AO such popular . I wish JP all the best in all his future ventures.

So let this thread be the one who is interested in a part of buying AO. sadly i am a student and not in a position to go infront. But my mental support will always be with this venture and i hope all fellow AOers will join in it

Good luck Jp and good Luck AO

It was tried and it didn't go through. The asking price was, for you or me, huge. I do hope that AO hasn't been sold. But if it has, I hope it hasn't been sold to some crappy corporate. If this is the end of AO as we know it, then it's been a fun ride and I've sure as heck enjoyed it. But it is after all JP's site and he can do what he wants with it.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

Like cgkanchi says, it was tried before,
see this link:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...ght=consortium

ok, so it has been tried before, but now there is a real threat of it being sold already. and even so, we can still make this work. it is a lot of money i know. but for those out there who really use AO and its their #1 website, would it be worth it to put some money in and make sure that someone owns it and not corp guys. for example, if there are close to 100,000 active AO members, and they put in $1 dolar eash, but maybe some people might be 5 or ten dolars in.

i think that some people should nominate themselves and then active members at AO can vote on who they all think should run AO. then at least we have something to work for.

as my point of view says, if each member pay what so ever he can pay even if a dollar,
this site will be ok.

but after the last post we did, regarding this issue,
it's Obvious that many users don't c anything special in this site, and some just dont have loyality, and other part just can't pay a cent.

and it was so funny from that peeps who said :
i can't pay, but i also don't like to c any advirtisments in the site.

what guys, u want AO or not any more ??
if want something u fight for it, nothing good for free these days !!

First of all, don't try this. It doesn't work, and you'll only get negged unneccessarily. Secondly, let JP post and tell us what's up with the banner removal, don't jump to conclusions. It might just be that he decided he isn't selling it at all. So let him tell us before we start making plans, alright?

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for example, if there are close to 100,000 active AO members, and they put in $1 dolar eash, but maybe some people might be 5 or ten dolars in.

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It's not quite as simple as all that. This has been discussed to death and we couldn't come up with an idea that worked. The asking amount is beyond your wildest dreams. If you ever meet me on IRC I might tell you what it was 2 months back when the banner was first put up. Otherwise, you're on your own.
Don't get me wrong, I (and all us long-time members, I hope) appreciate what you're trying to do, but you're underestimating the size of AO as a company.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

whats your nick on irc and what channel do you use. i want to know what the asking amount is, i know some people know it. but jp didnt want it advertised.

anyway, i wasnt making any kind of plans, as i said, it was just a thought =)

Yeah... it's just a thought that has been discussed in NUMEROUS threads. Been there, tried that. Let's move on.

yea ok.

any moderators can close this thread if they want

TN123

Hi, i may still be a newbie on here, but its indeed in my bookmarks as oner of my fav sites. Im too new to see or understand this subject on why its or was up for sale. I agree that we should not jump to any conclusions and see why the sales post is gone. I would hate to see this site goto a company or a single owner. Its the members which keep this site going. Its people like you and me (i think/hope).

To get to the point. This is the only forum which is so active and well organized security related. This site is one of the best. Let it not go down without a fight for it. Also the AO owner(s) should consider the remarks about this subject from AO newbies seriously. But then again, i didnt catch the reason why it was up for sale. Forgive me if my post sounds confusing or bleh......i havent slept for 2 days, and just stumbled onto this post. KEEP THIS SITE ONLINE, AND DONT GIVE IT TO MICROSOFT <---- Thats the most important thing :p

I hope the best for AO.

haha, that just made me think. all along the only company i was worried about this site falling into was microsoft.

Joke: What did Bill Gates's wife say on their honey-moon. now i KNOW why you called it micro-soft. hehe

Peace

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KEEP THIS SITE ONLINE, AND DONT GIVE IT TO MICROSOFT

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No offense to instronics, but this is how misleading rumours are started. This should just be dropped. Just my opinion. :)

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Originally posted here by Trust_Not_123
i noticed that the sales banner has gone and maybe jp has given up or its been sold.

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Arrrrggghh. Look before you post please. When you go to the index page when logged in, then there's a header called "Site Benefits" somewhere below your avatar. Under that header, it now says "Banner Free Surfing". Now, I dont know if this is for all the members, or just for the ones with some AP rating or rank, but it looks like a new feature.

I can't even imagine, that you can link the removal of banner space, to the selling of AO. Or even to some idea that JP can't pay for it.

Hey, just my thoughts dude.


Greetz & Respect

the sellling AO thing is down regardless.. check the attachment for what someone even logged out sees.

Awesome, I hope it isn't being sold. Oh, and I'm pretty sure we can count on JP not to sell AO to Microsoft ;)