AppJet Dec. 5 said it will open source the code to EtherPad and the AppJet Web Framework in an effort to quiet the irate chatter from users in the wake of Google’s purchase of the startup. AppJet CEO Aaron Iba said the company turned pad creation from the EtherPad homepage back on, and is working with the Google Wave team to open source the code to EtherPad and the AppJet Web Framework. Iba’s characterization of user resentment to the original plan to discontinue the service is slippery and understated, but in the end, AppJet did the right thing by its customers.
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AppJet said it will open source the code to EtherPad and
the AppJet Web Framework in an effort to quiet the irate chatter from users in
the wake of Google’s purchase of the startup.
EtherPad is a document editing application that lets
users edit word processing documents, Web pages…