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Wow - feels bad for those folks that got acqui-hired and now see their product being "laid off" RIP Mailbox, you were cool to play with for a few hours that on
by orliesaurus 11y ago
Wow - feels bad for those folks that got acqui-hired and now see their product being "laid off"
RIP Mailbox, you were cool to play with for a few hours that one stormy day I decided to install you
- minimaxir 11y agoMailbox/Orchestra was not an acquihire for pennies; it was a normal acquisition for $100 million: http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/15/mailbox-cost-dropbox-around-100-million/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/15/mailbox-cost-dropbox-around...
- georgespencer 11y agoMainly stock. They acquired the engineers for a tiny fraction of Dropbox's valuation. (Today: $10bn.)
- austenallred 11y agoYeah, they're retired now
- sirkneeland 11y agoI feel more badly for the people who used and loved the products. Hard to feel bad for people who got a nice pile of money and a cushy job and probably more equity that can turn into another pile of money later...