Why was Sitegeist "retired"?

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Why was Sitegeist "retired"? #17

Closed miguelpaz closed 9 years ago

miguelpaz commented 9 years ago

Can you share the reasons why this amazing project was retired? Did it take too much maintenance work or any other issues? I am interested because I am researching for a project that taps in to many API`s and I am checking what are the risks

jcarbaugh commented 9 years ago

We are a nonprofit and were unable to find the funding needed to keep the project alive. The monthly costs were minimal and required almost no staff intervention, but some data was years out of data and the native mobile apps were aging and breaking. The fixes for these issues required a relatively small budget, but big enough of a budget that we were unable to find the funding for it.

miguelpaz commented 9 years ago

Thanks for your answer @jcarbaugh.

jcarbaugh commented 9 years ago

Sure thing. Hope that helps!