Talk:Joyent/Archive 1

Proposed rework of article
''Proposed new structure (outline) for Joyent article. ''
 * History
 * Founding
 * Financing
 * Corporate Strategy
 * Acquisitions
 * Layerboom Systems (2010)
 * Reasonably Smart (2009)
 * TextDrive (2005)
 * Divestitures
 * Strongspace
 * Bingodisk
 * Strategic Partnerships
 * Dell
 * Lines of Business
 * JoyentCloud - Public Cloud Hosting
 * Joyent - Cloud Management Software
 * Products and Services
 * SmartDataCenter
 * SmartMachine
 * Virtual Machine
 * Cloud Hosting
 * Professional Services
 * Support
 * Technologies
 * Adaptive Replacement Cache (ARC)
 * Application Virtualization
 * dTrace
 * kStats
 * Node.js
 * ZFS
 * Differentiation
 * Recent News
 * External Links
 * References

''Every section will have multiple, external references to ensure that content is verifiable. I am new at this so all guidance is really appreciated.''

RhodaBernstein (talk) 17:29, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Major Rework- In Use
Since I requested feedback both here and on the Request for Feedback area and have not had any feedback, I am going to begin to rework the page. As this is a work-in-progress, I am still hoping for some feedback and comments! RhodaBernstein (talk) 17:00, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

COI tag
What are the specific, actionable clean-up issues the must be cleaned-up because of a COI? Otherwise the COI tag should be removed. Insomesia (talk) 21:59, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I added it after the blatant additions by a user. The sections on "enlargement" and "financing" are pure PR, with insufficient context. The "founding" section emphasizes the products of the company, not the history of it. tedder (talk) 22:09, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I see that they even added sources for the content, but besides a hunch is there evidence of COI? If not a specific tag that explains what about the article has to be fixed is more helpful. I'm not sure what insufficient context would be tagged as. Insomesia (talk) 22:36, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * There's discussion above about a declared COI. It's also clear another user has COI, but it's important to be mindful of outing. tedder (talk) 22:42, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Understandable, but the tag is to clean-up content issues. Its more helpful to specifically state what content issues exist - likely because the COI. That way we focus on improving the article whether or not a COI editor could be editing. The content issue should be addressed so that no COI tag is needed. Insomesia (talk) 22:45, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've put in a number of edits and removed the tag. Personally, I don't mind if Joyent send an "independent consultant" to edit their article, or if a current employee edits the article (as is the case with more recent edits to this article and a whole raft of Joyent-related Wikipedia articles as well) -- if that employee could state their affiliation in the user profile and be extra careful to reference their edits to reliable, independent sources. Both GigaOm and The Register have lots of stuff on Joyent: somebody just needs to mine that stuff and put it into the article with proper references. ARK (talk) 10:16, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Early history
There's been some factually incorrect reporting on Joyent's early history, such as this passage from TechCrunch:
 * Back in 2004 Jason Hoffman co-founded two companies: Joyent, which at the time was a collaboration software-as-a-service for small businesses, and TextDrive, which was a more traditional hosting company. In 2005 Joyent bought TextDrive, bringing its other co-founder, Dean Allen, into Joyent.

Hoffman did not co-found two companies in 2004. He co-founded TextDrive, which incorporated in May 2004. In March 2006, when launching the product David Young's Joyent had been working on (since 2004, apparently), Hoffman wrote on Joyent's blog: "A little over a year ago, I met with Dave Young to talk about joining him at Joyent". Thus, the merger between TextDrive and Joyent, announced in November 2005, had been in the works since early 2005, but Hoffman did not co-found Joyent in 2004.

If anybody has any reliable sources on pre-merger Joyent, please share! ARK (talk) 10:38, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * YouTube: Joyent CEO and Co-Founder David Young provides some insight into Joyent's beginnings, vision and focus on customer and employee service. ARK (talk) 11:52, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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