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Microsoft Buys Wunderlist
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Posted by jaslar
Jun 2, 2015 at 02:24 PM
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2485202,00.asp
And a few other things - apparently as part of strategy with Windows 10 and mobile devices.
Posted by Paul Korm
Jun 2, 2015 at 07:53 PM
I read announcements like Wunderlist’s with a mixed mind. I hope it’s a good outcome for the developers and (I assume) their investors.
Posted by Hugh
Jun 2, 2015 at 09:19 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
I read announcements like Wunderlist’s with a mixed mind. I hope it’s a
>good outcome for the developers and (I assume) their investors.
I seem to remember from my days involved in M&A that academic studies unequivocally show that at least 70 per cent of acquisitions financially benefit the sellers rather than the buyers - so your hopes may well be fulfilled! For acquisitions across international borders, as this is, I seem to recall that the percentage is even higher.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 2, 2015 at 10:03 PM
jaslar wrote:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2485202,00.asp
>And a few other things - apparently as part of strategy with Windows 10
>and mobile devices.
Hugh wrote:
> at least 70 per cent of acquisitions financially
>benefit the sellers rather than the buyers
If those figures are anywhere near the truth (“between $100 million and $200 million”), then that is an amazing feat for a to-do app business.
I was an early adopter of Wunderlist and quite liked it in the early days. But then as they kept adding bells and whistles, I gradually lost interest, just as it happened with Evernote. Going mass market often sacrafices the very features that fans of the original niche product like the most…
Posted by yosemite
Jun 3, 2015 at 01:47 AM
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.