> In the land of computers being acquired tends to mean the acquired co. shutters their business
Not really, e.g. Oracle acquiring Sun or Vmware acquiring Nicira, not to mention all the $100M+ but "unfashionable" acquires that don't even get airtime on HN.
Anyway, I don't get this sort of complaint. If you really think the service had potential to be profitable, why not go ahead and clone it?
Not really, e.g. Oracle acquiring Sun or Vmware acquiring Nicira, not to mention all the $100M+ but "unfashionable" acquires that don't even get airtime on HN.
Anyway, I don't get this sort of complaint. If you really think the service had potential to be profitable, why not go ahead and clone it?