Um, okay, this qualifies as a complete surprise to me. Bloglines is being purchased by Ask Jeeves? I saw this over on JeremY!‘s site and thought it must be some sort of joke. I mean, does anyone still use Ask Jeeves? Of all the companies that I might have guessed would purchase Bloglines, Ask Jeeves was no where even close to my short list.
I hope that Mark is his getting money up front for this, in cash.
UPDATE 3:40pm 5 Feb 2005: Russ sums up my feelings about Bloglines. Please don’t mess up Bloglines.
UPDATE 10:50pm 7 Feb 2005: The acquisition has been confirmed. Here’s to hoping this only means good things for Bloglines.
UPDATE 11:00pm 7 Feb 2005: More info at Bloglines News, which points to the official Press Release and a Ask Jeeves/Bloglines FAQ.
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Ask Jeeves compra Bloglines…
Parece que sorprendentemente Ask Jeeves ha cerrado la compra de Bloglines, lo hemos leído en Furilo. Interesante movimiento del navegador de internet… de momento ya han conseguido que visitase su página que hasta día de hoy si no recuerdo mal …