Certainly there must be someone out there who wishes to keep this software going? I don’t understand the plan here.

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Certainly there must be someone out there who wishes to keep this software going? I don’t understand the plan here.

I honestly don't see the upside for someone to buy and maintain the software.  As far as I can tell, without a huge overhaul to the business model, it's a money pit.  I don't maintain my own servers but maintenance and bandwidth have to be costing Ken something and, without new revenue streams, it's a money pit.

Or am I wrong? 

I think you are absolutely correct. That is the reason I get so annoyed with people who are constantly complaining about things - even that they "paid" and "how much could it cost to run a website anyway".

It is enormously expensive for whomever is supporting the ongoing availability of the website, the database and the contributions process. Whatever is preventing the involvement of Ken Cole and program updates must be super serious. I for one am so grateful and terribly sad that an industry genius and pioneer is for whatever reason, no longer able to participate on this stage.

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Certainly there must be someone out there who wishes to keep this software going? I don’t understand the plan here.

Anyone who is capable of doing this as a business (such as CLZ) would likely start their own business with their own tools and their way of doing things instead of inheriting an old system and adhering to the old way of doing things.

And that includes me.  I built my own catalog tool.  And it never crossed my mind to buy Mr. Cole's business, since I have no intention of running a business.  Anyone who wants a long-term catalog tool and has the skills to make one would likely do what I did (or what CLZ did) instead of buying Invelos.

Even if a capable person or company wanted to buy Invelos, Ken Cole might not want to sell it because there would be no guarantee the new owner would do the job well.  What if the new owner ran the business to the ground in a month and all the users ended up losing the application?  This business is Mr. Cole's "baby," and we have no idea how hard it is to run this business.  So he likely wouldn't sell the business unless and until he must. 

Running a business, managing money and resources, etc., are hard to do.  All the failed Kickstarter campaigns we've heard about should make that apparent.  What if someone offered to buy Invelos and they turned out to be some fly-by-night upstarts like those failed Kickstarter campaigners?

Or maybe Mr. Cole wasn't happy with the offer, if indeed someone wanted to buy.  Or maybe he just wouldn't sell, ever, for whatever reasons.