• Google Acquires Appjet

    Date: 2009.12.07 | Category: Uncategorized

    Google have acquired appjet, the company who make etherpad. The deal believed to be around $10 million, is the fourth google acquisition in a month. The team will transfer their attentions to work on google wave, and will shut down the etherpad as of march 31, 2010.

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    This statement was released by appjet and the google PR team:

    “We are happy to announce that AppJet Inc. has been acquired by Google. The EtherPad team will continue its work on realtime collaboration by joining the Google Wave team,” AppJet and Google announced on the EtherPad blog. “If you are a user of the Free Edition or Professional Edition, you can continue to use and edit your existing pads until March 31, 2010. No new free public pads may be created. Your pads will no longer be accessible after March 31, 2010, at which time your pads and any associated personally identifiable information will be deleted.”