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Dassault Systèmes acquires Netvibes

19 points by nicolsc 15y ago

gulbrandr 15y ago
Direct URL: http://www.3ds.com/fr/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/dassault-systemes-acquires-netvibes/single/4030/?cHash=bee5345fe546ca6f07ad593ffe6ee6c5 http://www.3ds.com/fr/company/news-media/press-releases-deta...
- mikecaron 15y ago
  With Video: http://www.3ds.com/company/announcement/netvibes http://www.3ds.com/company/announcement/netvibes
geoffroy 15y ago
really strange.
- gulbrandr 15y ago
  why?
  - nraynaud 15y ago
    why would a CAD tools maker buy a web 2.0 company?
    - mikecaron 15y ago
      Because DS is not just CAD. They want to brand themselves as a 3D platform, not a simple engineering product. This opens doors to be a 3D platform for designers, architects (see LiveBuilding), consumers, etc.
  - seclorum 15y ago
    Techno-Military organization purchasing a web congregator and watching user reading habits? Hmm ..
    - fab13n 15y ago
      They have a genuine big business in CAD systems, which they sell more easily than Rafales...
    - ernesth 15y ago
      Dassault Systèmes (3DS) is not Dassault. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Systèmes#Products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Systèmes#Products for an idea on what 3DS does.
      - seclorum 15y ago
        Yes, I know, Dassault Systèmes is the de-militarized tech base of much bigger industry, true .. My point was, we are now owned by Big Data.
    - nakkiel 15y ago
      The Netvibes platform has made a strong shift toward brand and social presence monitoring some time ago. I was more surprised then than I am now.
  - geoffroy 15y ago
    Dassault are not really known for their Web services
    - ernesth 15y ago
      Exalead?
      - rbanffy 15y ago
        Q. E. D.
geoffw8 15y ago
Netvibes was pretty much dormant right, didn't Tariq move on a while ago? Not surprised someone picked it up.
nicolsc 15y ago
On his blog, former Netvibes co-CEO Pierre Chapaz writes that Dassault bought Netvibes for €20m: http://www.kelblog.com/article-netvibes-naissance-vie-et-reussite-d-une-startup-98923919.html http://www.kelblog.com/article-netvibes-naissance-vie-et-reu... Enough to allow investors to recover their stake, not much. Netvibes turned down a €50m offer a few years ago
- obtu 15y ago
  Thanks, the intranet business makes a little more sense.
zmmz 15y ago
For what it's worth, I'd like to point out that Dassault Systemes makes the only free (not OSS) 2D CAD/drafting program that is usable on an equal footing with the big commercial software in the industry (Autodesk etc).

19 points by nicolsc 15y ago

Direct URL: http://www.3ds.com/fr/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/dassault-systemes-acquires-netvibes/single/4030/?cHash=bee5345fe546ca6f07ad593ffe6ee6c5 http://www.3ds.com/fr/company/news-media/press-releases-deta...

mikecaron 15y ago
With Video: http://www.3ds.com/company/announcement/netvibes http://www.3ds.com/company/announcement/netvibes

geoffroy 15y ago

really strange.

gulbrandr 15y ago
why?
- nraynaud 15y ago
  why would a CAD tools maker buy a web 2.0 company?
  - mikecaron 15y ago
    Because DS is not just CAD. They want to brand themselves as a 3D platform, not a simple engineering product. This opens doors to be a 3D platform for designers, architects (see LiveBuilding), consumers, etc.
- seclorum 15y ago
  Techno-Military organization purchasing a web congregator and watching user reading habits? Hmm ..
  - fab13n 15y ago
    They have a genuine big business in CAD systems, which they sell more easily than Rafales...
  - ernesth 15y ago
    Dassault Systèmes (3DS) is not Dassault. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Systèmes#Products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Systèmes#Products for an idea on what 3DS does.
    - seclorum 15y ago
      Yes, I know, Dassault Systèmes is the de-militarized tech base of much bigger industry, true .. My point was, we are now owned by Big Data.
  - nakkiel 15y ago
    The Netvibes platform has made a strong shift toward brand and social presence monitoring some time ago. I was more surprised then than I am now.
- geoffroy 15y ago
  Dassault are not really known for their Web services
  - ernesth 15y ago
    Exalead?
    - rbanffy 15y ago
      Q. E. D.

geoffw8 15y ago

Netvibes was pretty much dormant right, didn't Tariq move on a while ago? Not surprised someone picked it up.

nicolsc 15y ago

On his blog, former Netvibes co-CEO Pierre Chapaz writes that Dassault bought Netvibes for €20m: http://www.kelblog.com/article-netvibes-naissance-vie-et-reussite-d-une-startup-98923919.html http://www.kelblog.com/article-netvibes-naissance-vie-et-reu... Enough to allow investors to recover their stake, not much. Netvibes turned down a €50m offer a few years ago

obtu 15y ago
Thanks, the intranet business makes a little more sense.

zmmz 15y ago

For what it's worth, I'd like to point out that Dassault Systemes makes the only free (not OSS) 2D CAD/drafting program that is usable on an equal footing with the big commercial software in the industry (Autodesk etc).