Hi Roark,

I am very interested in your experience at Blackboard. I work for a company focused on highere education and would like to get some feedback from you especially as it relates to Blackboard's IPO.

Thanks,

Hank

roark wrote:
] 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