I’m a bit peeved and don’t feel like waiting until Monday to find out:
It’s one thing for a publication like TheFeature to fold – that’s just the way things are. But, it really stinks when 5 years worth of content are gone in an instant.
Sure, someone has to pay to keep all that conent up and the same reasons that made TheFeature disappear are the same ones that don’t permit it to just keep the contnet live – even that costs money.
In all the talk around the web, sighing about the end of TheFeature, I don’t think anyone cried for the content. But, isn’t permanence what it is all about?
Will TheFeature content ever be made available again? Heck, I have links to some really great articles.
I think I need to have a chat with the lads from TheFeature.
As an aside, I used to write for a site that vanished. I contacted the site and they sent all the content files to me on a DVD. Can something similar be available for TheFeature that others could keep or serve from elsewhere?
fully with you there. this shouldn’t go away just because of cost. I mean if this is dead, then export the content in a none-dynamic format, put it on one server and put that server somewhere. I mean the colocation facility of nokia must have 1 spare U of space in the racks. The goodwill created would be worth a lot more than the cost of hosting it.