The source stressed that Twitter’s filing could
still be delayed by a variety of factors, from
changes to the prospectus to market conditions
to a potential shutdown of the US government.
I guess it makes sense, but incredible to believe that a gov shut-down would affect Twitters IPO.
I think they are on to something - this part for me stood out (quote from Max Levchin)
"Anything that can be measured, you record—and
it’s applied to things like managing your weight,
or deciding how likely you are to dope in the Tour
de France. But with infertility? You get a Xerox
from the 1960s.”
Read this NiemanLab article from 2010. It was always clear (to me at least and a few others) that the NYT thing was just a step along the way (partnership vs acquisition - 3 yr contract, etc):
Once its come to their attention, no manager/director is going to go to one of their dev's or designers and say "Hey, go ask person x to take that down...".
If this situation escalated it could look sloppy on their part if they didn't handle it properly with the correct resources from the beginning.
There is no reason why this issue at hand can't be handled in a professional manner - in this case by an actual lawyer.
I've received a number of C&D and this to me is by far the most level-headed and polite that I've seen in a long time.
Just because you didn't expect a response form a lawyer doesn't mean its "aggressive" by default.
Before they wiped out college tuitions costs back in Ireland in 1996 the cost of doing a an excellent CS degree in UCC (http://ucc.ie) was about 2000 Irish pounds (about $2800 at the time) a year for 4 years.
If you were wanted to do medicine it was a whopping $5000 or so a year over about 5 years.
There were lesser hidden costs (200 for a registration fee kind of thing) but thats about it.
We considered that outlandish at the time.
The costs of the US education system baffle me on a daily basis.
However I don't see online courses as the way to go. Most people don't complete them.
I guess it makes sense, but incredible to believe that a gov shut-down would affect Twitters IPO.