UK Tao Group no more – administration over
Posted by Tim Cole on June 11th, 2007
OK folks, it is with a heavy heart that I report this, but as of today, all Tao Group employees have had their employment contracts terminated. I have just got back from a staff meeting with the administrator. This means, too, that Tao Group is no more as a company. I cannot really say what happened, but you will likely be reading about it from other sources.
Why this has happened is mainly around issues to do with the continued funding of Tao. It is a sad day that employees who have worked hard for up to 17 years at Tao now find themselves in this unenviable position, especially seeing as everything was starting to go so well for Tao.
So, what is going to happen to the various Tao intent technologies, and in particular to miniMIXA (of special interest to me and Pete, as we are the developers of this)? I don’t know yet. If and when I can say something, I will.
Please keep a check on Intermorphic Ltd, a company that Pete and I are, as of today, now getting on with in earnest. Intermorphic is developing multimedia tools to aid creative activity. In the first instance these will include generative music engines and lyric generation tools. This may be a niche area, but we are going to have fun doing it!
I wish success to all former Tao employees in finding new employment quickly, and I am sure they will, as they are a hugely bright and talented bunch. It has been an enormous pleasure and honour working with them and Tao these last few years (well, since we sold SSEYO to Tao in 2002), and they built some amazing technology.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
So sorry to hear this neas Tim. It is terrible news for all involved.
June 16th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Very sad news indeed. I’ll be interested to see what this means for miniMIXA. Good luck for the future Tim!
June 16th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Cheers guys, thanks for the comments. I always think that when one door closes, and other one opens. So, let’s see what’s behind that open door
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June 19th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
It’s sad to hear about Tao.
Allow me to introduce you to Picsel Technologies who have an excellent profile and actively seeking Gamer programmers, J2ME developer and Graphic designers. (We are also based in Reading with offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh)
If you just made redundant from Tao group then Picsel would like to hear from you.
Please apply in confidence to mohammad.jamal@picsel.com or call me on 0141 88 555 88
Thank you and good luck.
June 21st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Whats going to happen to minimixa 3 ??
Also, is version 2 for smartphone wm5 still availiable??
-rob
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:03 am
Hi Rob,
I really have no idea at the moment on what will happen with miniMIXA V3, nor about availability of any miniMIXA versions. I believe you can still purchase miniMIXA V2 from the imate store, but I do not know how long for. See http://www.imate.com/p-2432-sseyo-minimixa-v2.aspx
HTH!