There might be a limit, but it's much bigger than $10B in 5 years. Just in 2007, I counted up $29B of publicly announced web startup acquisitions. That easily j

There might be a limit, but it's much bigger than $10B in 5 years. Just in 2007, I counted up $29B of publicly announced web startup acquisitions. That easily justifies thousands of startups trying for a piece of that pie. A good list (including more than web) is at http://startup.partnerup.com/2008/01/02/2007-acquisitions-web-internet-technology/ http://startup.partnerup.com/2008/01/02/2007-acquisitions-we...