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The last time this company was acquired, it was called Dodgeball. Google bought the talent, canned the project, and then the founders quit and reimplemented it
by moultano 16y ago
The last time this company was acquired, it was called Dodgeball. Google bought the talent, canned the project, and then the founders quit and reimplemented it under a different name (Foursquare.) I'd be wary of buying the company for the engineers after an outcome like that.
- po 16y agoMaybe you wouldn't worry if you were buying the product to develop it and were not planning on throwing it in the closet to wither. I think Dennis was under the impression that they would continue developing the project, not just paying for his talent. The foursquare guys really do believe in the idea. If I had what I thought to be a great idea, and someone canned it and told me to do some other work, I would quit and start over too.