Shellerific, the first UNIX shell to allow drag-and-drop CSS customization for open-source platforms announced that it is currently refocusing efforts on its exit after user adoption rates were questioned heavily by big parties in the blogosphere.

The software, which is only available for Ubuntu and FreeBSD has struggled for months to monetize their proprietary technology from within the open source community.

The software is available from the Shellerific download store for a monthly license of $4.95 and digitally signed exclusivity agreement in which the end user is required by law to uninstall their other more boring UNIX shells.  The software is published under a proprietary software license.

Turns out this business model hasn’t seen the adoption rates from the Open Source and Linux communities Shellerific had anticipated, so our sources tell us they are looking to shell out (no pun intended) their IP to the highest bidder by end of day today.

Our thoughts?  These penguin humping douchebags need to get with the program.  Don’t they know that there’s nothing in the world that screams “Open Source!” like millions and millions of dollars?

Social Networking is a term thrown around preeeettty losely these days.  We here at TechFaux are in no short supply of Twitters, and Friendsters, Dogsters, or even Facebooks to talk about.  There are so many that, to be honest, this humble blogger tends to avoid the topic whenever possible.  But, there are always those diamonds in the rough, those ones that stand right out and scream: a million dollars, a million f*cking dollars!

Such was the case when I sat down with social entrepreneur John Thompson in Corning, NY, where he and his company, LazyBean, have set up what turned out to be quite the social platform.

TF: So, how did you guys get started?

John: Well, it was a pretty simple concept really.  Get people to interact with each other in ways they weren’t accustomed to, with the end goal of improving their quality of relationships, and quality of life.

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