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Posted by Armin
Jun 3, 2015 at 08:59 AM
I don’t think Microsoft will kill it, rather they will build linkages to OneNote and later Cortana.
Personally I use Wunderlist as a replacement for BrainstormSW , because it’s one of the rare apps, which run on nearly every plattform (even Windows Phone and Windows App and Kindle) and which syncing the data between them. That’s why 6Wunderkinder (the start up behind Wunderlist) might be intereting for the Cloud and Mobile strategy of the “new” Microsoft.
Well, probably Microsoft is really changing itself towards a new openness and learn from the spirit of start ups. Who knows? It’s no longer Mr. Balmer who leads the company. We will see in future.
Posted by xtabber
Jun 3, 2015 at 10:36 AM
yosemite wrote:
Buy it, kill it. Well, sometimes they don’t kill it straight off but it
>dies a lingering death. Hackpad comes to mind. I’m sure there’s a
>zillion others but I don’t remember them… Because buy it kill it
>works!
>
Most memorably, Ecco Pro!
Posted by Ken
Jun 3, 2015 at 11:31 PM
yosemite wrote:
Buy it, kill it. Well, sometimes they don’t kill it straight off but it
>dies a lingering death. Hackpad comes to mind. I’m sure there’s a
>zillion others but I don’t remember them… Because buy it kill it
>works!
>
>I always thought Wunderlist was not very good - all glitz. But it’s
>pretty popular.
I never found Wunderlist to be that great of a program, but I wish them better luck than some of the previously purchased products that died somewhat painful deaths, like iView and Nokia.
—Ken
Posted by Donovan
Jun 5, 2015 at 04:21 AM
yosemite wrote:
Buy it, kill it. Well, sometimes they don’t kill it straight off but it
>dies a lingering death. Hackpad comes to mind. I’m sure there’s a
>zillion others but I don’t remember them… Because buy it kill it
>works!
> >I always thought Wunderlist was not very good - all glitz. But it’s
>pretty popular.
I don’t think Microsoft would buy it to kill it because it fills a missing link for them. I think Microsoft has finally caught on that OneNote (which was a stepchild for years) is one of their best projects ever. I imagine we’ll see integration with OneNote and other Microsoft apps. Satya Nadella is the best thing that’s happened to Microsoft since Bill Gates. He’s taken that company and turned it into a real player beyond just the OS and Gaming business.
BUT….
On the subject of buying to kill it. The example that bugs me to this day is the Facebook purchase of drop.io (anybody remember that great file drop, storage, note-taking, notes-by-phone service?). Facebook couldn’t hire Zuckerberg buddy Sam Lessin for some weird reason, so Zuckerberg bought the company (drop.io), brought Sam aboard as a Facebook VP, and shut-down the service. He only wanted Sam. Lessin stayed about four years and left - with a bundle of money from the drop.io sale. I miss it to this day.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jun 6, 2015 at 05:01 AM
Donovan wrote:
>On the subject of buying to kill it. The example that bugs me to this
>day is the Facebook purchase of drop.io (anybody remember that great
>file drop, storage, note-taking, notes-by-phone service?).
Yes we do; and the way it was discontinued:
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/2111
>Facebook
>couldn’t hire Zuckerberg buddy Sam Lessin for some weird reason, so
>Zuckerberg bought the company (drop.io), brought Sam aboard as a
>Facebook VP, and shut-down the service. He only wanted Sam. Lessin
>stayed about four years and left - with a bundle of money from the
>drop.io sale. I miss it to this day.
I didn’t know this background. Makes the disregard to users even more prominent.