ArsDigita

http://www.arsdigita.com/

Company founded by Philip Greenspun.

After taking Venture Capital money, there was a fight over control of the company. Here's a cache of Phil's notes from the time: <http://webseitz.fluxent.com/articles/Greenspun On Ars Digita Lawsuit>

And the Feb'02 viewpoint of Eve Andersson, another founder. With SlashDot discussion .

And the Jun'03 viewpoint of Michael Yoon, leader of the ACS v4 team. But what exactly happened when the VC-s "arrived on the scene"? Did they arrive in a Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes van, ring the doorbell, hand us one of those enormous checks, and then trick us into signing it before we could read the fine print?