If the claim of HALF A BILLION dollar fraud is true it seems unlikely that Obie would not know something about it. If my buddies and business associates made that kind of money I sure as hell would know everything about it. HOWEVER, this does not diminish HashRocket or Obie's work-- the Rails Way is THE book that taught me Rails. Hashrocket has contributed so much to the ecosystem I sure hope that doesn't change.
edit: It seems quite plausable that HashRocket people actually helped developed the "fraud" site... If they can pull off a HALF A BILLION dollar scam just think that they can do for my company! The line between innovation and fraud is often very thin.
I believe that's the relevance of the sweep account issue. If you're using the "deposits" into a sweep account as the basis for measuring the supposed & claimed "fraud", its an incredibly overinflated figure.
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If the claim of HALF A BILLION dollar fraud is true it seems unlikely that Obie would not know something about it. If my buddies and business associates made that kind of money I sure as hell would know everything about it. HOWEVER, this does not diminish HashRocket or Obie's work-- the Rails Way is THE book that taught me Rails. Hashrocket has contributed so much to the ecosystem I sure hope that doesn't change.
edit: It seems quite plausable that HashRocket people actually helped developed the "fraud" site... If they can pull off a HALF A BILLION dollar scam just think that they can do for my company! The line between innovation and fraud is often very thin.
I believe that's the relevance of the sweep account issue. If you're using the "deposits" into a sweep account as the basis for measuring the supposed & claimed "fraud", its an incredibly overinflated figure.