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Tue, Mar 20 2012 14:46:33

Apigee, Heroku, et al Pulls Out of Boston API Jam After Sexist Promo

Hackathon sponsored by @sqoot gets in hot water for sexist remarks in its Eventbrite page. http://apijam-boston.eventbrite.com/. The sexist remarks have been removed from the page.

  1. skitch
    ·
    Mon, Mar 19 2012 10:54:08
  2. heroku
    heroku@heroku
    Heroku will be pulling our sponsorship from the Boston API Jam.
    Tue, Mar 20 2012 12:33:26
  3. Apigee
    Apigee@Apigee
    We've pulled our sponsorship from the boston api jam, the marketing isn't consistent with our company values.
    Tue, Mar 20 2012 12:18:07
  4. cloudmine
    CloudMine@cloudmine
    In light of what happened, we cannot support the @sqoot hackathon and are officially pulling our sponsorship.
    Tue, Mar 20 2012 13:01:26
  5. mongohq
    MongoHQ@mongohq
    After discussions with our founders, we are dropping sponsorship of the Boston API Jam. The marketing content does not reflect our values.
    Tue, Mar 20 2012 12:47:40

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