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What's John Percival doing these days?
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Kuma
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I might think people in the UK have a better idea what he is up to. But that is just a hunch.This thread best fit in the vB forum
Kim
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It is also relevant to anyone with a knowledge and interest in the history of modern forum products, or with a background from VBForums to know where John is now, I am interested, even though I couldn't give two figs for vB, and haven't for many many years
John and James were always very good sports on VBForums.
I hope he is atop his mountain of money and enjoying life
John and James were always very good sports on VBForums.
I hope he is atop his mountain of money and enjoying life
John's involvement with vBulletin effectively ended when I took his place as lead developer and product manager. He is now a minister of the Church.Sooo, what's John Percival doing these days?
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The site was called VB-World (VB for Visual Basic), and lived at vb-world.com or vbworld.com, I forget which. The actual forums lived at vbforums.com The site is now part of developer.com.
Correct. Jelsoft was not created for vBulletin, it's just that vBulletin became by far its biggest product (to the point that all the others were pretty much shelved as soon as vBulletin took off).
Last I saw, the request to strike Jelsoft from the companies register had been withdrawn or denied. Not sure why.
Onimua
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Wow, all this time I thought vBulletin and Jelsoft were created at the same time. I never even knew/heard of this before.
dutchbb
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That would explain why 'Jelsoft' was only named after James and not John, the company was probably founded by James and then John joined the company and then worked together with James on vBulletin 1. Not sure if this is assumption correct thoughWow, all this time I thought vBulletin and Jelsoft were created at the same time. I never even knew/heard of this before.
Jelsoft was James' company and although John was also a director, it was James that held the majority stake.That would explain why 'Jelsoft' was only named after James and not John, the company was probably founded by James and then John joined the company and then worked together with James on vBulletin 1. Not sure if this is assumption correct though
feldon30
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j/k
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Floris
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Someone from the Jelsoft office told me otherwise. Sorry to hear they were wrong.Kier said:
Kim
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s.molinari
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Same here. John was a really good guy. I'm almost certain life is good for him. He had the right attitude.
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Steve Machol
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John was actually the one that hired me at Jelsoft. The first few years I had thought he was the major parner and James the minor one due to their relative involvement in the site, staff and business.
Jethro
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I hope he is happy and well and enjoying this role
Wonder if James is till with Mrs LePont
Kim
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Wonder if James is till with Mrs LePont
Teee heee hee
Oh there were some scallywags around in the old vbf days.
ManagerJosh
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0ptima
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Did he have a minor role at Jelsoft after you took over?
What other products did they have?
No, not really. Once I took over, John effectively left the company and remained in name only.
Jelsoft was created to sell and market various small visual basic applications created by James and John. I don't really know any more specifics.
CBI Web
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I guess sometimes it's a good thing when a plan doesn't come together.
Grover
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Sooo, what's John Percival doing these days?
This man would now best what John is doing these days (just ask him): http://xenforo.com/community/members/john-percival.820/
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