In the interest of fair play, you might point out that you are friends with the guy who got busted for "intellectual tampering" with Blackboard's transaction system--and who received a cease & desist order from Blackboard as a result.

BTW, I'm a former Blackboard employee. Worked there four years. Am I proud of everything Blackboard has done over the years? Nope. But it's a good company populated with plenty of decent free-thinking people. Particularly the techies, some of the most fiercely independent and idealistic folks I've ever met, and a group with whom your hacker friend would probably fit right in.

I'd encourage you to know more before you dismiss the company. That's all.

inignoct wrote:
] Jeremy wrote:
] ] The Washington area tech community has been waiting for
] ] Blackboard -- listed by Inc. magazine last year as the
] ] nation's sixth-fastest-growing business -- to go public.
] ] Speculation about a Blackboard IPO is Washington's version
] of
] ] the Google IPO watch.
] ]
] ] When CEO Michael Chasen thought about the other young people
]
] ] he knew who started companies when he did, he paused. Most
] of
] ] them aren't running companies anymore, he said. "I might be
] ] the only one."
]
] here's hoping they fail miserably.

RE: Blackboard Looks Likely To Go Public