Editing Dave Winer (section)

===Weblogs.com===
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Weblogs.com provided a free [[ping-server]] used by many [[weblog|blogging]] applications, as well as free hosting to many bloggers. After leaving [[Userland Software|Userland]], Winer claimed personal ownership of the site, and in mid-June 2004 he shut down its free blog-hosting service, citing lack of resources and personal problems.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lord |first=Timothy |date=June 15, 2004 |title=Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice |url=http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/15/2354258.shtml?tid=126&tid=95 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |website=Slashdot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lord |first=Timothy |date=June 17, 2005 |title=Slashback: Munich, Harlan, Alacrity |url=http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/17/2326207&tid=167&tid=108&tid=163 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |website=Slashdot}}</ref> A swift and orderly migration off Winer's server was facilitated by  [[Rogers Cadenhead]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kramer |first=Staci D |date=June 23, 2004 |title=Weblogs.com Rises From the Flames |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/print/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/06/63953 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018120246/https://www.wired.com/print/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/06/63953 |archive-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> whom Winer then hired to port the server to a more stable platform.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Calore |first=Michael |date=March 1, 2007 |title=Best Blogfights of 2006 |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/print/techbiz/it/news/2007/01/72396 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018120346/https://www.wired.com/print/techbiz/it/news/2007/01/72396 |archive-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref>  In October 2005, [[VeriSign]] bought the Weblogs.com [[Ping blog|ping-server]] from Winer and promised that its free services would remain free. The [[podcast]]ing-related web site audio.weblogs.com was also included in the $2.3&nbsp;million deal.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Naraine |first=Ryan |date=October 6, 2005 |title=VeriSign Acquires Dave Winer's Weblogs.com |magazine=[[eWeek]] |url=http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/verisign-acquires-dave-winers-weblogs-com/ |access-date=May 8, 2009}}</ref>