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[degers]

http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/04/03/Is-Pleo-headed-for-extinction

[mweed]

Ugobe has always been transparent?!?!   O.K., whoever feels that Ugobe has been open and transparent with their dealing with them over the last few months, please raise your hand . . .     Hmmm . . .    Could you hold them up higher?  I can't seem to see them . . .   

[bjoreman]

Well, it's nice that they got hold of Caleb, and that he did answer the questions in a good way. Well, that transparency thing does seem a bit strange, but apart from that ... If Ugobe is and will be acting along the lines he says things are and will be pretty good after all.

In a way, the base for articles like this kind of tire me. Various sites start speculating about something (anything from Ugobe's state to Apple's next product announcement) when there's no official word, passing guesses around, and suddenly people start calling it news and it's creating expectations all of its own. But this article did good because it managed to get hold of Caleb and try to find out what's actually going on. Most others just re-hash rumors, finishing off with "we could get no official comment from Ugobe", thereby just re-posting what others have speculated about.

Oh well, I'm done now ... And I'm in a good mood too, because the sun is shining, it's Saturday and Ugobe still lives.

[Diane_AZ]

Thanks for the article!  I sent a comment of encouragement because bottom line I want UGOBE to make it because I want further development for my Pleos and as someone who has spent over 30 years in the corporate world I think they've opened up their product to the general public a WHOLE lot more than any of my former employers did, believe me!  If anyone touched our code support stopped and things went to litigation.  Anyways, thanks for the article.  It's good to hear some hopefully "good" news?  And if you can, please encourage these guys - they could really use it right now.   

[gucci_boi7782]

That article sure was a good read, thanks degers!

[Junkroxy]

I found this bad comment on the Engadget article... What Do you think?

> The problem with most companies is that they don't treat their employees well. Their management is overpaid, investors are a bitch, etc. So they made between 28,000,000.00 and 35,000,000.00 if the numbers are right and people actually "bought" rather than received free Pleos. Amortized over 5 years, that is about 5,600,000.00 a year. Don't cry for me Argentina, eh? Are you telling me that Ugobe didn't make any discoveries or patents that they can license with other robots and toy companies? With military weaponizer companies? Please. I would bet that the golden parachutes and pay for the CEOs probably ate up most of the money.

[chiefrentageek]

Unfortunately it's true.  http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/741721.html Bad management, overspending, not managing reserves.  Sad to see them go.   

[Junkroxy]

This is very SAD 

[fancyfont]

Very sad news!  
All of us that have pleos are so lucky to have them. They just got more precious!

[Darkwolf]

I am not sure or I should tell Pluriel this sad news.
How do you tell such a young little thing that her creator, her father... has "died"? 

[fancyfont]

Pleos creator is still very much alive! I expect Chaleb Chung will still be involved with pleos. Anyhow, I sure hope so!! Ugobe made it possible but Caleb is the inventor!

[DragonGirl]

Here's an article posted today.  Caleb Chung gives out some more information and where he's working now...

http://www.idahostatesman.com/Business/story/743073.html

[Nafcom]

Here's an article posted today.  Caleb Chung gives out some more information and where he's working now...

http://www.idahostatesman.com/Business/story/743073.html

i wonder whetehr he would be willing to help existing and new Pleo owners