Astrid ran hard to make an app that millions of people use constantly. As a startup, they took a risk, ran hard at an idea, and executed their ass off. We shou

Astrid ran hard to make an app that millions of people use constantly. As a startup, they took a risk, ran hard at an idea, and executed their ass off. We should all be so lucky. Regarding this "acquihire" talk: This is something the naysayers like to talk about. Yahoo's scale present an incredible sandbox for the Astrid team. They are a fully contained, highly functional team (across product and engineering disciplines). They know how to build back-end systems, complex web-apps, and cross-platform mobile apps. The fact that someone found a higher and better use is not a failure on their part. Yahoo is fortunate to have this team join their ranks.