Comments on: Incompetent companies: Violet/Nabaztag support

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:27:36 +0000

Hi Robert. Even with Voilet possibly saved I’d love an open source implementation of the protocol. If I remember correctly it’s based on Jabber, which itself is open source. Something like OpenNab (http://sourceforge.net/projects/opennab/) for the new protocol. Relying on a single small company to keep these things running seems like a bad idea to me no matter how you put it.

I’m not on Facebook myself, but I hope you get enough members make an impact on the situation.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:18:45 +0000

Hi Roy.

Interesting chronicle. The news of the last few days should, I assume, be of even more concern: Violet have filed for bankruptcy…

There are a few people trying to build up support and or funds to keep Violet running in one form or another, including myself (see http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=131391747175&ref=nf – the Facebook group I’ve started. Maybe we can at least get the member count into double figures? )

An open source alternative to the Violet server would be a useful backup plan if anybody knows of one – or even knows what the protocol to communicate from the server to the Nabaztag is.

With knowledge of the protocol, I’d even tackle a server implementation…

By: CC

CC — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:33:39 +0000

If we could just get a phone nujber to call and complain

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:55:33 +0000

Sadly I too am starting to believe that things are not well in Nabaztag land though I’m hoping that there’s a Nabaztag owning boffin out there that can come to the community’s rescue by providing an alternate server site. Any takers?

By: macdaddyb

macdaddyb — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:19:49 +0000

Thank you for this post. I have been thinking about getting one of these for a long time. On a whim I checked and saw they lowered the price. One of my main goals was to send messages to the family from work through the rabbit. If it won’t check email reliably then it’s no good for that. Sounds like I missed the good times with this, and it seems pointless now because it sounds like the bunnies are nearing the end of their lifecycle.
I have enough unreliable tech around, I don’t need something else to frustrate me when it doesn’t work like its supposed to.

By: machiel

machiel — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:58:57 +0000

Have the exact same thing. Lost my account details, unable to reach my bunny in any way. And their support sucks.

By: Croquet

Croquet — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:33:25 +0000

I think you are right