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In the article "Talent acquisitions" http://www.marco.org/2012/07/20/talent-acquisitions http://www.marco.org/2012/07/20/talent-acquisitions Marco criticized Pu

In the article "Talent acquisitions" http://www.marco.org/2012/07/20/talent-acquisitions http://www.marco.org/2012/07/20/talent-acquisitions Marco criticized Pulp, Wallet, Sparrow and he wrote: Instapaper has had multiple similar inquiries from large companies over the last few years. We’ve never gotten very far in talks because I don’t want Instapaper to shut down, I don’t want to move my family across the country, and they didn’t want to pay enough — for them, they’ll pay a premium to hire me, but they won’t pay much for a service they’ll shut down immediately and an app they’ll throw away. I was only able to reject those offers because Instapaper is a healthy business, and the life that Instapaper provides for me and my family is better than what the big companies offered." If you want to keep the software and services around that you enjoy, do what you can to make their businesses successful enough that it’s more attractive to keep running them than to be hired by a big tech company. So it's not a "Talent acquisition", but how could we still keep the software and services around that us enjoy in the future?

fakeer 13y ago
I think the thought process is simple - you run a paid service and it's good, liked by people and you see another service, free, being acquired(acquihired most likely) and you feel bad about it(not jealousy necessarily) and you give your opinion and how that's bad for app ecysystem and of course for the users who depend on them. But when an opportunity comes to selling the app you just sell it if the price is good and that's a known thing. OF course in the blog post after sell you mention how you'll still be influential and all. Though not al sell/buys are bad. Evernote bought Skitch and now I like it more.
- leanhtuan 13y ago
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fakeer 13y ago

I think the thought process is simple - you run a paid service and it's good, liked by people and you see another service, free, being acquired(acquihired most likely) and you feel bad about it(not jealousy necessarily) and you give your opinion and how that's bad for app ecysystem and of course for the users who depend on them. But when an opportunity comes to selling the app you just sell it if the price is good and that's a known thing. OF course in the blog post after sell you mention how you'll still be influential and all. Though not al sell/buys are bad. Evernote bought Skitch and now I like it more.

leanhtuan 13y ago
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