[extropy-chat] Yahoo buys del.icio.us

[Samantha Atkins]

Not to worry,  Yahoo owns Flickr too but has learned to keep such  
acquisitions relatively autonomous.  As a user you are unlikely to  
notice any difference.  There seems to be a new trend for companies  
such as Yahoo and Google to buy startups, preferably before VC are  
involved.

- samantha

On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:06 PM, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 wrote:

> As a del.icio.us user (id pgptag) I have found very interesting  
> today's news of the acquisition of del.icio.us by Yahoo. I am happy  
> to see that a good idea and a lot of hard work to make it happen  
> has been rewarded, and I am sure Yahoo has enough resources to keep  
> del.icio.us alive, improve it, and scale it to support many more  
> users. At the same time, I am worried to see an independent and  
> innovative provider swallowed by one of the Big Three.
> Wired News: "In its latest acquisition of a social networking  
> service, internet powerhouse Yahoo on Friday chomped down on  
> del.icio.us, a startup that enables people to more easily compile  
> and share their favorite content on the web". See also the  
> del.icio.us blog entry with many comments from users.
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