In fact, my next article on Maps will talk about the Zagat acquisition. Tim and Nina Zagat were getting on in years, and wanted to protect their employees again

In fact, my next article on Maps will talk about the Zagat acquisition. Tim and Nina Zagat were getting on in years, and wanted to protect their employees against getting acquired by some ruthless private equity owners. So they sold to Google. Oh well. Zagat was eventually spun out again. I don't know what happened to those long-time employees.