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What the hell, why... Edit: I'm sure it will have something to do with their design skills, which are pretty good!

by cheez 15y ago

bkhl 15y ago
probably talent acquisition?
- jonursenbach 15y ago
  Since they didn't buy any of their software, it's most definitely a talent acquisition.
  - tlianza 15y ago
    Was it none of the software? I had a tough time reading it... seemed like definitely two pieces were out, but the e-commerce stuff might have been in?
    - pbreit 15y ago
      No, Checkout and Enstore are staying with Sofa's JV partner, Acclivity, makers of the US versions of MYOB. On one hand this stinks because Acclivity has shown little ability to create excellent software. On the other hand, Sofa's development speed is crazy slow. Way too much pixel-pushing.
  - summitpush 15y ago
    Does anyone know how often Facebook does this? Is this just one of many that happened to make news?
    - fossuser 15y ago
      There have been a decent number of them recently. Facebook had also previously said that the talent acquisitions are working for them and they plan to keep doing them.
kubrickslair 15y ago
Also that Facebook is trying to build a desktop software team. May be they too want to own the clients. http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/facebook-desktop/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/facebook-desktop/
- desigooner 15y ago
  Maybe an application that has Facebook features + Facebook Chat a la Gtalk / Aim + Some sort of Skype integration to enable video chat for its users ..
erikpukinskis 15y ago
Actually, I think Sofa fits really interestingly in Facebook if they're wanting to go up against Foursquare and Square. Sofa has a bunch of experience with point-of-sale interactions. Maybe Facebook is going to reinvent the cash register/purchasing experience. Or maybe it's just a talent acquisition. :)
rokhayakebe 15y ago
Facebook recently had job posting for desktop application product manager. These sofa guys seem to develop UIs for desktop apps.
- aaronbrethorst 15y ago
  That team will be here in Seattle[1]. Sofa explicitly says they're moving to Palo Alto. [1] http://www.geekwire.com/2011/facebook-making-windows-mac-desktop-software-seattle http://www.geekwire.com/2011/facebook-making-windows-mac-des...
jamesteow 15y ago
It's ridiculously hard to find amazing icon illustrators.
- ed209 15y ago
  really? dribble.com has loads.
  - uptown 15y ago
    > really? dribble.com has loads. You meant dribbble.com. But yes ... these days it's pretty easy to find a good icon designer.
  - jamesteow 15y ago
    Online, sure. In real life though? That's a tremendously small percentage of designers. Consider the number of people that get into design, the number of designers who are extremely good at what they do, AND the number who get into icon design.

What the hell, why... Edit: I'm sure it will have something to do with their design skills, which are pretty good!

by cheez 15y ago

What the hell, why... Edit: I'm sure it will have something to do with their design skills, which are pretty good!

bkhl 15y ago

probably talent acquisition?

jonursenbach 15y ago
Since they didn't buy any of their software, it's most definitely a talent acquisition.
- tlianza 15y ago
  Was it none of the software? I had a tough time reading it... seemed like definitely two pieces were out, but the e-commerce stuff might have been in?
  - pbreit 15y ago
    No, Checkout and Enstore are staying with Sofa's JV partner, Acclivity, makers of the US versions of MYOB. On one hand this stinks because Acclivity has shown little ability to create excellent software. On the other hand, Sofa's development speed is crazy slow. Way too much pixel-pushing.
- summitpush 15y ago
  Does anyone know how often Facebook does this? Is this just one of many that happened to make news?
  - fossuser 15y ago
    There have been a decent number of them recently. Facebook had also previously said that the talent acquisitions are working for them and they plan to keep doing them.

kubrickslair 15y ago

Also that Facebook is trying to build a desktop software team. May be they too want to own the clients. http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/facebook-desktop/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/facebook-desktop/

desigooner 15y ago
Maybe an application that has Facebook features + Facebook Chat a la Gtalk / Aim + Some sort of Skype integration to enable video chat for its users ..

erikpukinskis 15y ago

Actually, I think Sofa fits really interestingly in Facebook if they're wanting to go up against Foursquare and Square. Sofa has a bunch of experience with point-of-sale interactions. Maybe Facebook is going to reinvent the cash register/purchasing experience. Or maybe it's just a talent acquisition. :)

rokhayakebe 15y ago

Facebook recently had job posting for desktop application product manager. These sofa guys seem to develop UIs for desktop apps.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago
That team will be here in Seattle[1]. Sofa explicitly says they're moving to Palo Alto. [1] http://www.geekwire.com/2011/facebook-making-windows-mac-desktop-software-seattle http://www.geekwire.com/2011/facebook-making-windows-mac-des...

jamesteow 15y ago

It's ridiculously hard to find amazing icon illustrators.

ed209 15y ago
really? dribble.com has loads.
- uptown 15y ago
  > really? dribble.com has loads. You meant dribbble.com. But yes ... these days it's pretty easy to find a good icon designer.
- jamesteow 15y ago
  Online, sure. In real life though? That's a tremendously small percentage of designers. Consider the number of people that get into design, the number of designers who are extremely good at what they do, AND the number who get into icon design.