Google Acquires EtherPad
Google Wave needs optimisation: The acquisition of AppJet, EtherPad to be serious, might help; http://j.mp/5nwPD8
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Gerrit Eicker 09:48 on 5. December 2009 Permalink |
EtherPad: “We are happy to announce that AppJet Inc. has been acquired by Google. … The EtherPad site will stay online through March 2010 with some restrictions. – If you are a user of the Free Edition or Professional Edition, you can continue to use and edit your existing pads until March 31, 2010. No new free public pads may be created. Your pads will no longer be accessible after March 31, 2010, at which time your pads and any associated personally identifiable information will be deleted. … Professional Edition users will not be charged for the EtherPad service after December 4th, 2009.”
RWW: “Check out the Etherpad company blog post about the deal. They didn’t even pretend to be sorry about closing the service. They didn’t thank any community of users for help along the way. They just said the deal is done, here’s what’s happening to the money you paid, now get out. – Maybe Google Wave will change the world, maybe it won’t. It’s hard for a person who loves startups and innovation not to feel a little toyed with by this kind of drama though.”
TC: “We’re hearing whispers that Google is in the process of acquiring AppJet, the small startup that builds the popular collaboration tool EtherPad. … EtherPad is a powerful real-time collaboration tool that’s similar (but superior) to the Google Docs text editor. … EtherPad may have been a threat to Google Docs, but it’s also quite likely to Google’s interest in the company is tied to Google Wave. The two products share some overlapping features, but AppJet has built technology that can be deployed behind company firewalls. If Google ever decides to roll out Wave as an enterprise product, which seems logical, this technology and the team’s experience could prove valuable.”
TC: “If you’re an EtherPad user, you’ll want to check out the company’s blog post for instructions on exporting your data. The service will continue to operate through March 2010, but no new free public pads can be created, and the company isn’t allowing new customers to sign up, either.”
VB: “Google seems to believe that Wave is the online application that will eventually replace Microsoft Office. But compared to Office, Wave is messy and hard to figure out. It gets plenty of praise from geeky bloggers, but there’s an axiom that’s often forgotten in the tech world: Geeks like puzzles. Most people don’t. – EtherPad has almost zero puzzle factor to it. Hopefully Google will let AppJet bring that kind of mass-market friendliness to Wave.”
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