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Engine Yard

Engine Yard is a privately held platform as a service company focused on Ruby on Rails, PHP and Node.js deployment and management. Founded in San Francisco, California, in 2006, it was acquired by Crossover in 2017 and has since been operated as part of DevGraph, a suite of developer tools from DevFactory FZ LLC, an ESW Capital group company.

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Article summary

Engine Yard is a privately held platform as a service company focused on Ruby on Rails, PHP and Node.js deployment and management. Founded in San Francisco, California, in 2006, it was acquired by Crossover in 2017 and has since been operated as part of DevGraph, a suite of developer tools from DevFactory FZ LLC, an ESW Capital group company.

Key claims

  1. date of formation: 2013-07-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of foundation: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "2013-07-31". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of foundation is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373330544

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.