Re:Twitter Acquires ‘Values of n’, Adds Rael Dornfest To The...
by bootload on Monday November 24, 2008 @10:10PM
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"... Call me a bluff old traditionalist, but I really fail to understand new economy 2.0. Companies that have no revenue buying other companies that have no revenue ..."
I've watched 'Values of N' before Rael started on Stikkit ~ ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/tags/2006nov08/ after getting a hint that Rael was quiting O'Reilly and I must say it's a very interesting bit of technology. If re-implemented partially at Twitter could "turbo charge" Twitter. I took the Stikkit for a test drive back in 2006 ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/291957738/ and while Stikkit had a few hiccups at that time, the service matured well, but the number of users required to build a company was simply not there.
Because Twitter is not buying the company.
They are buying the technology and the lead developer, Rael Dornfest. So recruitment & a new interesting code base are the objective ~ http://www.valuesofn.com/blog/2008/11/fork-in-road.html
I've watched 'Values of N' before Rael started on Stikkit ~ ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/tags/2006nov08/ after getting a hint that Rael was quiting O'Reilly and I must say it's a very interesting bit of technology. If re-implemented partially at Twitter could "turbo charge" Twitter. I took the Stikkit for a test drive back in 2006 ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/291957738/ and while Stikkit had a few hiccups at that time, the service matured well, but the number of users required to build a company was simply not there.