This is the real prize of the FriendFeed purchase. Facebook was not purchasing FriendFeed for the company. They were purchasing the Google Vets that developed

This is the real prize of the FriendFeed purchase. Facebook was not purchasing FriendFeed for the company. They were purchasing the Google Vets that developed it. Knowledge is key, and in the long run, what those FriendFeed guys know, understand, and are able to share from their experiences in their careers, education, and employment at Google, is priceless. The company itself is just an added bonus. These guys are the true intellectual property behind the physical that you see in the URL itself. With their help, Facebook can enhance its service in many ways through additional innovation, syncronization with FriendFeed, and greater competition with Google in the areas of social media, and maybe even some other aspects of the web business and online software that the company may be investigating in order to compete, that we are not 100% aware of at this point. I advise you to stay tuned for what's to come from Facebook in the near future.