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I'm just sayin' too. :)
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This is the first I had heard of anything like this. Maybe I need to listen more carefully?
Oh, and ditto on that "just sayin'"!
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Add my voice to the "just sayin'" crowd.
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yeah, ...I'm just sayin'
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And of course none of these rumors could be Yahoo trying to kick up their stock a tiny notch or two ...
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YES, by all means sell flickr for millions of dollers. That way you guys can start back up on GNE...
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I had nother thought...can I buy stock?
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Well, since Yahoo has been on a 5 day decline either "no" or "it certainly didn't work." Sometimes I think these rumors come from the very "analysts" that then write about them.
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I'm going to just say, as well. But what I'm just saying is:
"Sell, get rich, bring back the GNE"
*stares at the sky and whistles tunelessly*
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Flickr Acquired by Yahoo?
www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1341
"Yahoo may be interested or may have already closed its acquisition of Ludicorp, the parent company behind the photo blogging / photo sharing / photo uploading service Flickr. Apparently this is not the first time that Flickr has received an offer from Yahoo, and reportedly Google had also offered to buy out Flickr last year."
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We talked to a guy at Business 2.0 back in November or December -- that was the start of all these rumors -- and we got the sense he was fishing for a story that wasn't there.
Of course this doesn't surprise me anymore. Reporters have quoted Stewart as saying something I said, quoted me as saying the opposite of what I said, omitted the material part of what I said and published just the subordinate clauses....
But it's still kind of fun having all these people talking about us. Makes us feel like the popular kids at high school. Who's dating who!!!!
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So, to recap: Unsubstantiated rumors circulate on web, same rumors as a month ago.
Which doesn't mean it's not true, it's just that none of these named "blogging world insiders" have said anything public yet.
While we're at it, let's fuel the fire with some fun?
I heard from some very reliable sources, that in fact Ludicorp had just agreed to be bought by kottke.org. Those microPatron payments really add up, people!
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<--- nodding head in agreement... 'just sayin' too . ...
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when hasn't there been talk about someone buying flickr?
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Lardimda, you have it wrong! It's Ludicorp doing the accquiring - but not of kottke.org - they're going to accquire Kottke himself - he's going to be the Ludicorp houseboy ;-)
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Yahoo would completely commercialize and pillage Flickr... it would be a sad day.
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never trust an online source that doesn't know the difference between "its" and "it's".
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So, just to get this straight, yahoo is or isn't buying flickr?
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never trust an online source that doesn't know the difference between "its" and "it's"
That principal has, like, no preventative affects.
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That's correct, Restiffbard. Yahoo! is either buying or not buying flickr.
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Maked [deleted] says:
never trust an online source that doesn't know the difference between "its" and "it's"
You'd have to discount the entire American and World Media if you did that, dude. Of course the mainstream media is filled with morons educated by public school, who don't know the difference between itz ass and a hole in the ground.
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Yahoo is celebrating 10 years of business on March 1st, and throwing a big party in NYC. Maybe the party will also celebrate a Vancouver-based acquisition? On that note - anyone else attending Search Engine Strategies in NYC next week?
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"...mainstream media is fill with morons..."
Doh!
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Do I trust mainstream U.S. American media? Doubtful.
It's/its is, of course, just one of many things to look at when deciding not to trust a source.
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And ... it's/its is SOOOOOOOOO easy to teach. If "it is" fits in the blank, it's "it's." If "it is" does NOT fit in the blank, it's "its." But....getting the students' attention when teaching the above is the difficult part.
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I was just about to post about this, I just found out about the rumor here (if you can 'find out' about something that is not verified).
Anyway, I would vote to (1) hold out for awhile longer and (2) go with google (3) stay AWAY from Yahoo.
I find yahoo a noisy place with lots of junk all over the page. On the otherhand google is very minimal, aesthetic, and just plain solid database work. Flickr is a huge database, don't let it fall into the hands of yahoo.
Let google take it in like Blogger, Picasa, Keyhole, and the lead developer of Firefox Ben Goodger.
All the above mentioned projects WORK VERY WELL, flickr should join the ranks.
Just my -2- cents
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Yeah! Public school's suck!
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i think the ludis should take the money and run if it sets them up for life and brings back gne :)
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I just hope that we get candy if Flickr gets bought.
Lots of candy.
MMmmm... candy.
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"Who's on first...?"
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the only candy I want is the sugary sweet feeling of gne coming back.
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/me feels minty
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what is true today, may not be true tomorrow.
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Yes, we learned that lesson in GNE.
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(looks through old GNE yearbooks)
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Don't go with Yahoo, Yahoo messenger makes real geeks cry.
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The only potential buyer for flickr worse than Yahoo! is Microsoft. Please, oh gods of flickr, let it be Google. (That is, if it can't be Apple, which I'm pretty sure it won't.)
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(gets out the horseradish for the sides of beef)
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Yeah! Sell to Google for lotsa bucks and bring back the GNE! :(
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Candy is dandy, but flickr is quicker.
Hey, I get paid today. What's flickr goin' for anyways?
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Fredden, give a look here:
www.flickr.com/account/order/
A Pro account is totally worth it!
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So, if this is turning into a Yahoo! vs. Google discussion, please oh pretty please go with Google and NOT Yahoo!
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Does anybody ever use Yahoo anyway? I don't know anyone that does?
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Use Yahoo for what?
I have several old Yahoo email accts that I was going to move to Gmail but once Yahoo offered 100M storage, I decided to just keep them there.
I prefer the organization of Yahoo news over Google news.
Finance.yahoo.com is where I get all my stock info.
I am a member of a few Mailing Lists. Most are using Yahoo Groups. I am not on a single one that is using Google groups.
By default I type maps.yahoo.com when I am trying to get driving directions somewhere. Google map looks cool but its new still.
I do use Google for searching. Is that what you mean? :)
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I really like yahoo notes, and find myself a member of some of the yahoo groups. sometimes you just use what you're used to.
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Krisjohn [deleted] says:
Ugh, Yahoo Groups is the worst list manager ever. I wish people wouldn't use it for stuff I cared about.
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well, if it gets flickr a little more tightly integrated with some form of IM, it could be interesting.
but yahoo photos gets a lot of traffic and is already integrated into their IM client.
mrrfrr.
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Metahari says: Fredden, A Pro account is totally worth it!
Thank you very much and I'll sign up soon as I've just used up me free mgs, but I meant, how much to buy flickr? ;-]
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one hundred million dollars
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if i had to choose..id go for Google, afterall the google colours, and the flickr colors already like go together :P
hehe..*LOL*
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if i had to choose..id go for Google, afterall the google colours, and the flickr colors already like go together :P
FINALLY .. a buyout argument that makes sense! :D
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OK, I get it now....finally it's all making sense to me!!!
You guys are changing the layout around so you can intentionally screw up Flickr, make it look and function in such an undesirable fashion, that no one in their right minds would want to buy it out.
Brilliant!
I can't wait until next week when the head honchos decide the pictures are just taking up too much space and they reduce them all to the size of postage stamps.
"Change is good. You'll get used to it."
Oh, I'm sorry. That's not the new Flickr mantra, this is......
"Resistance is futile."
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Quiplash [deleted] says:
Add another tick in the Google column for me. As long as they keep the same team of people (Stewart and Caterina et al), http://www.dancingpaul.com could buy Flickr and I'd be happy :-) a good team is hard to replicate, and Flickr's is amazing.
But I'm actually quite happy with things the way they are right now...
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Well, if it had been up to me Ludicorp wouldn't sell out to anyone! I like small companies!
And excuse my ignorance, but what is GNE?
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Please please please please please don't let it be Yahoo!
Google would be preferable, but I hope it's no one.
Make my year and don't sell out! I spent my life savings (admittedly, I'm only fourteen) on this Flickr account, and if you sell to Yahoo!, I think I might cry.
By the way - I'm at a public school right now and I know the difference between "it's" and "its." Not all public schools suck :-P
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You know, I heard it from my brother's girlfriend's, sister's aunt that actually SixApart was going to buy Flickr. No... really! Bueller? Think of the awesome power the Trotts and Stewart/Caterina, not to mention any of the other couples at the two companies (I heard it's a requirement) would possess! It would be like on Transformers when the construction equipment Decepticons formed a bigger, more powerful, Decepticon. But what would the name be? Hmmm... Either way, you heard it here first!
Save Flickr!
</sarcasm>
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Nice new logo, by the way.
Very Yahoo/Google like.
Or whoever is buying them out this week.
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FAN THOSE FLAMES
(Suddenly pangs of loss for hockey set in... Slight, though...)
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i can see aol, apple, msn, and everyone there.. its all getting quite psychedelic actually! *grins*
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and the colour sequence "blue red yellow blue green red" with a jeeves on the end. this is a wind-up...
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And excuse my ignorance, but what is GNE?
GNE is what Ludicorp used to work on, before Flickr. It stands for Game Neverending.
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Should be called UNE for "Updates Neverending."
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Forget all this talk of buyouts -- when are we gonna see an agreement between Flickr and someone who will let us order prints directly from our Flickr accounts?
Cuz that's progress.
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drp, you really need to prepare yourself for more changes. We appreciate your involvement here, and even more that you bought a pro account; but we are developing Flickr in real time and things will be changing as we do. We don't do this to drive you or anyone else batty, and in fact we have quite a lot of conversations with Flickr members right here on the site about our plans, about what does and what doesn't work, everything. I don't think you'll find a more open company. But we can't broadcast every change before we make it. I'm sure you understand that.
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I remain firm in my opinion that the new logo is just to mess with out heads.
Let it be gone by the time I wake up tomorrow!
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Maybe they're having all their april 1 fun with the logo early because they know they have to be propper corporate players come monday! Haw haw haw, chew on that you rumor mill you! *laugh*
(I don't believe it, but OH is stirring the pot fun!)
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Getting back to the original topic (not that I mind fun digressions): Even if Ludicorp's acquisition is not imminent, these rumors still pique investor interest in the company and its product. In short, Flickr got buzz. And more interest means higher bids.
Folks who worry about the Flickr team breaking up in the event of an acquisition can relax. Smart companies don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. They're buying the team that develops intellectual property as much as the property itself.
Nobody knows the code like the staff. No one knows the user community like the staff. Most importantly, no one is as creative in their chosen field as the Flickr staff. If a big company buys Ludicorp, it's because Ludicorp produced a novel, well-done and consumer-friendly product that the biggest guns in the industry couldn't match. If they want to keep improving it, they need the Flickr team.
These guys certainly are working for The Big Payday that entrepreneurs everywhere dream of. But fundamentally, they're jazzed by what they do, not by the dicey chance of a big buyout. It would be too depressing to work for startups otherwise, because statistically most of them tank. So even if they become rich, the Flickr staff still has to get up each day and do something constructive. (Well, they also could become Paris Hilton. But that would be bad.) I think that we'll keep seeing the Flickr team regardless of a purchase.
Of course, now Caterina and Eric will make me look really stupid by saying, "No, actually, I've earned my right to sell the house and become a tie-dyed pothead on a secluded Maui beach." ;-)
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If there is truth in the rumors of Yahoo acquiring Ludicorp I will be extremely sad. Yahoo isn't in the same management league as Google.
Google has assimilated young companies like Pyra, Keyhole, and Picasa and matured their products into lead-of-field brand positions. Friends and family will only use Picasa on the PC, everyone chose Blogger for their free weblog service, and uses Google as their primary search engine.
Flickr could be easily integrated into their Hello & Picasa offerings. Click this link and put this photo set into My Photos through Picasa. Picasa could even have sets integrated so that photos are actually stored on Flickr but viewed locally through the client.
Frankly, Google enjoys a great warm-and-fuzzy feeling from the web community. Yahoo hasn't had that for many years, and their current diversification strategy is grasping at best. Yahoo! consumer electronics? I don't want a Yahoo! plasma TV. There was a rash of aquisitions by Yahoo and they have added little to their offerings. I can't think of one compeling feature that would ever make me think or, ultimately, use Yahoo over Google.
But I do want a Google Flickr. Company philosophies match up more than a Yahoo/Ludicorp machinization. It would just be unnatural, and service would likely degrade.
My thoughts, at least. :)
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Actually, before we all start taking this too seriously, I suggest that folks do what I just did and wander over to the "new Flickr logo?" thread. Do what ellipse suggests: go to the new logo and mouse over (IE), right-click/Properties (everything else Windows), or do whatever you do on a Mac to view it's name. (http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/17396/#comment100392)
Your tongue may well take up residence in your cheek for a while.
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Google is overrated. There, I said it. What exactly is it that Google does with their acquisitions? Nothing. True enough...they don't screw them up...but they don't integrate them into an overall experience that benefits the user. What exactly is the purpose of the Blogger/Keyhole/Picasa acquisitions? How do these actions help the user or the business? How do the applications progress and blossom? They don't. They stagnate. Seriously...what the hell is Google going to do with Keyhole? It's whizbang. There's nothing you can do with Keyhole that you can't do with traditional mapping software.
I don't take issue with Google itself. I think that the Googleplex is filled with extremely smart and talented people. What is more annoying than anything are these dogmatic Google zombies that are so blinded by "the idea" of Google (rather than the actual Google) that they don't think critically. Slashdotters are notorious for this.
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Wait a minute. No rumor of acquisition by IBM?
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I haven't confirmed this yet, but reliable sources tell me that Ludicorp is actually run by Elvis! That's right folks, Elvis. Apparently he just took over from JFK, and he's actually the one responsible for the crazy Flickr logo and all the photo page layout changes.
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I'm insulted. You called me a Slashdotter! =)
How can you say nothing has happened with Keyhole? Have you not been privy to Google Maps built off of the Keyhole technology and powered by AJAX?
Google is constantly finding ways to better organize the world's information. Their new movies aggregator now makes it possible for me to find out where Constantine is playing near work from the search window on the first "enter," with an aggregate review meter and ticket sales.
Picasa has now evolved to be a true competitor to iPhoto. The free and low-cost options (Adobe Albums, PictureIt) don't have near the reliability and functionality of Picasa. And Hello itself doesn't do anything new in terms of Instant Messaging, but it has allowed my parents and the fiance's parents to so easily and quickly share their photo librarys, 'automagically' copying the originals to each other's photo libraries without intervention.
"The idea" of Google is true. They've done amazing work with their acquisitions. And their management team actually cares more about their company and their product than Wall Street.
Can't say the same for Yahoo!
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I'm not certain Google is over or under rated. I am pretty sure they are content to be rather obscure about all the things they do and where they might be headed.
My take on google is pretty simple: they are interested in information - how it is created, processed, used, and the relationships, actual and potential, between different types of information.
That's all I get out of them, and in my computing experience, it has translated into a highly usable search engine, a pretty cool webmail program, a fun image editing/organizing program that is deceptively simple, and a free blog that works.
As to the evolution of the acquisitions, it depends upon your definition. Picasa 2 is a step in the right direction, Blogger is more stable than it used to be, and Keyhole? Well, who the hell knows what, if anything they might do *with* it, but I don't doubt they'll learn something *from it.*
I don't consider myself a "Google zombie," but in my own experience, they rock. Were they to buy Flcikr, I'm reasonably confident they wouldn't screw it up, and anyone who remembers the bubble driven acquisition mania of the late 1990's will consider that a reasonable achievement.
Now if I can only get Flickr to buy me...
EDIT: Andrew Ruess beat me to it and said it better. :)
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I heard that Creative Commons is doing the buying. The evil plan is to aquire a source of content that is so compelling, so rewarding, so shareable and so addictive that copyrights as we know them will be a thing of the past.
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does this mean all my music suddenly becomes legal?
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I'm not trolling. Nor am I looking to fan any flames. Sorry I associated you with a Slashdotter...no one needs that on their conscience. :-) No doubt that Google has improved how the world finds information, but what I as a user need help is doing something with the information that I just found. Sure, Google can direct you to Alcapulco Restaurant in Alameda California, but can it tell you if it's any good? Yahoo! Local can. You can receive ratings and reviews from people just like you. Once you find a resaurant on Google local, can you send it to your cell phone as an SMS? Can it send driving directions to your cell phone (where you actually need it?) Can you send free SMS messages from Google Mobile?
The "idea" of Google (like many other religions) is just that, an idea. The name Mark Jen comes to mind. For those of you not aware, Mark Jen was a Google employee that recently got fired for blogging about the innerworkings at the Googleplex. Mind you, I think that Mark went over the line (meaning that Google was well within their right to get rid of him), and shouldn't have been surprised that he got fired, but it illustrates that the facade that Google is this utopian hippie open society where all is right with the world, is, in fact a facade. Google is a business like any other, and any notion that they are "above it all" is just spin. They are out to make a buck like everyone else.
I actually tried using Picasa right after the acquisition, hoping to find a photo management solution for my PC, but I was pretty disappointed. Maybe it's gotten better over time...I'll have to check it out again.
As for the logistics of a Flickr/Google integration, how does the overlap of Orkut and the social networking layer of flickr reconcile? Seems trickier when you really grok it a bit.
You are right in the fact they have done some amazing work. You are wrong for placing them on this "warm and fuzzy" pedestal. Granted, they are the darlings of the geek community, but at the end of the day, there is a bigger target of non-geeks out there.
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One day Business 2.0 magazine began showing up in my mailbox. I read it when eating breakfast in the morning. On all the technology magazines I've read it is probably one of the worst. I wouldn't trust much of anything they want to spread rumours about.
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Were they to buy Flcikr, I'm reasonably confident they wouldn't screw it up, and anyone who remembers the bubble driven acquisition mania of the late 1990's will consider that a reasonable achievement.
Yep, I used to work for Netscape :-)
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I like the original Flickr logo much better.
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lantzilla - hope you got in on the options. :)
I do take your points about google - they are a business, in it to make money. They also do some things in a less than traditional manner, and that can be appealing.
I also think they are very very young - the ipo was recent, the acquisitions have been slow by '90's standards, and they seem to be adapting as all things internet change. They are also effecting some of those changes, mostly through innovation and example - you must be doing a few things right when others adopt similar methods.
Integration can be very over rated - think microsoft windows - but i suspect more is coming.
You mention the larger target audience of non-geeks - too true. You might have hated Picasa, for example, but it is a godsend to non geeks grappling with digital cameras and folder structures. It is also good for near-geeks, if you can get used to the organizing method. Since i already use gmail, it was an easy transition.
Google isn't a hippy-dippy enterprise, and if it were, most of us would never heave heard of them. :)
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What has happened to photos5.flickr.com - any of my images that come from that server are dead. Maybe AOL bought that server and broked it?
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Integration can be very over rated - think microsoft windows - but i suspect more is coming.
Yes i know, when i used to use Windows i thought i'd try using windows media player to organize my music so it would be "integrated" with other microsoft apps, but it sucked. but don't let that tarnish the name of integration - let's be honest here, since when did microsoft ever make anything well?!? On Macs, the integration is *beautiful* - think of all the raves iTunes + iPod integration gets, and imagine that experience across your whole computer. You should really check them out.
Anyways, point is, when done right, integration really can be amazing.
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You're all wrong.
I'm buying Flickr.
All your photo are belong to me.
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I fear you, Brock.
Joe Nixon - I'm not knocking integration, just pointing out it ain't always that great. It *can* be over rated, and often is hyped absurdly.
Then again, I'm still stuck in a Windows box, though Linux Live CDs are my latest thing. They are an amazing way to spread an operating system that was way hyped before it's time as a desktop environment back in 1999-2000 (anyone remember VA Linux? Corel?)
Personally, I don't need integration all that much for my computing - I find apps I like, and use them together in ways that make sense to me. Same with services. Two good friends have moved to Mac and since become instant evangelists. When I rob my next bank, I'll join the fun. :)
And true, WMP blows.
Hard.
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I'm going to add more fuel to the fire ... check out this photo! that Caterina took late last year.
Update / Hint: It's the company store, located on it's campus in Sunnyvale, CA ... a bit of a trek from Vancouver. Hmm ...
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you mean she leaves the office sometimes?
no you must be wrong
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what ist the main reason for buying flickr?
is it just the large crowd of users? i think there are companies that offer web-based image management tools with technology and features far beyond flickr's.
cpmine or celum imagine
for example
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if you have to ask...
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The main reason for buying Flickr? Are you serious?
It is (or will be) the source of a considerable (possibly even staggering) profit. If someone else owns it, then they get the profit.
Maybe that has cleared that little confusion up for you.
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plus it's cool, and uncool companies like to buy cool ones, in hope that by osmosis or something they will become cool.
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who can assure that services like flickr or typepad will EVER create benefits? i mean, look at sixappart and their VC background. large communities and cheap pricing are not always the key to regain your spent billions . products like MT are simple, i mean very simple micro cms that every youngster can build within a week, same with flickr - and where is the diversity of the web when every second website is built on a default blog template with a flickr and del.icio.us button in the sidebar?
i appreciate easy tools to give everyone the possibility to publish, but don't forget that we are all individuals and not performers for a few dotcoms and their tools.
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Maked [deleted] says:
I just want a company whose motto, unlike the Google motto is truly honest. I want a company whose motto is "Let's Be EVIL".
Truth in advertising.
Googles "Don't Be Evil" motto is complete bullshit.
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No, it's pretty accurate, it's just that people misconstrue it as meaning "Be Good".
"Don't Be Evil" is actually really simple to accomplish; it allows you to be mean, hypocritical, spiteful, adulterous, slothful, covetous, and snobby without really being in any danger of breaking your goal.
Talk about setting your sights low.
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Flickr have agreed to sell to me for four purple buttons and some navel fluff.
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It’s true. Flickr is for sale.
I saw it on a table at the Vancouver Flea Market for $4.85 but it was scratched so I didn’t buy it.
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lhc2 and matt-- You two are my heros.
fallsroad-- I know that Google is not a hippie dippie enterprise. That's precisely my point. But its reputation, perception and folklore seem to suggest otherwise.
ellipsis-- The concepts of "cool" and "uncool" in business are tenious at best. It's about usefulness and relevance. How does a business serve a human need? How can a business capitalize on that solution? It's definitely not about the technology. The last time I checked, MT was written in Perl. Flickr is a hybrid of Flash and GNE. True innovation transcends the limitations of technology. Sure, Keyhole is "cool," but the novelty of "coolness" wears off when you're trying to pay the bills.
/dev/null-- I don't think that your examples are competing with flickr. They do different things. It seems like your examples compete with Picasa and iPhoto more directly. I don't know anyone who puts every photo they take in Flickr. That would be really boring. Your inference that your personal expression does not come from an out-of-the-box template with some web services modules (flickr, del.icio.us, etc) suggests to me that you're an developer. I don't want to start a engineering vs. user experience holy war here...but I will. Technology is meaningless unless it fulfills a human need. The way that MT, Flickr, del.icio.us solve people's self-expression needs without requiring a huge frontload of engineering know-how is what make them so usable. It's because they are so relevant and usable, that people gravitate to and embrace them. Flickr's about sharing (and caring). I [heart] Flickr.
"I'm just sayin..."
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Flickr is a hybrid of Flash and GNE...
You mean Flash and PHP? I think it uses Java in places as well. Not that it really matters or anything. :)
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You mean Flash and PHP? I think it uses Java in places as well. Not that it really matters or anything. :)
Yeah...I think that's what I meant ;-)
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