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Solid move by Altman - good signal they’re serious about capturing the Claude Code market from Anthropic. What I don’t understand is why hasn’t anyone bought J
by holografix 7mo ago
Solid move by Altman - good signal they’re serious about capturing the Claude Code market from Anthropic.
What I don’t understand is why hasn’t anyone bought Jetbrains yet.
Atlassian? AWS? Google?
- hirako2000 7mo agoBecause Jetbrain strategy wasn't to burn money with free tools to eventually exit with the jackpot. They have been profitable for over a decade, simply asking users to pay a fair price for great product.
- wiseowise 7mo agoJudging by all their mistakes in the last years, Russian war and AI, it’s only a matter of time until someone buys them out.
- rkomorn 7mo agoWith the way they're going, I'm less and less convinced there will be much left to buy, unless it's for pennies. I've only been a JetBrains user for five years but it's felt like it's only getting worse the whole time.
- mrweasel 7mo agoTo be fair, everything is getting worse the whole time.
- user34283 7mo agoAtlassian? Bitbucket as a platform for agentic development.. shudder
- KeplerBoy 7mo agoMost likely because Jetbrains is not for sale. Google almost certainly offered to buy at some point.
- wiseowise 7mo agoNever did. I remember someone replied to my comment here that Google isn’t paying a penny to JetBrains. They’re quite happy with the relationship primarily because they don’t have to pay anything. If anything, JetBrains is the one who needs Google more than the other way around.
- holografix 7mo agoMeanwhile the whole world on VSCode getting ads for Azure…