I wish this had been me -- Google Acquires Etherpad

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volomike
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I wish this had been me -- Google Acquires Etherpad

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http://etherpad.com/

So it seems that if you make a jQuery/AJAX/PHP web service component that does only one thing, and helps with collaboration, keep it simple and modern, a company like Google or another company will want to acquire you.

Etherpad just got acquired by Google.

'Wish it had been some gadget I had built.
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Re: I wish this had been me -- Google Acquires Etherpad

Post by alex.barylski »

Interesting product...runs on a custom server though...

Secondly, look at the credentials of the founding members and their backgrounds *with* Google...kind of gives them a bit of an edge over Joe Somebody or in this case Mike or Alex. :P

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Alex
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