[IceWreck]

Their competitor Vercel has NextJS so they decided to buy Gatsby ?

[no_wizard]

They have an in-house framework person with Ryan Carniato (Solid JS) and in-house SSG expertise with Zach Leatherman (11ty).

I think this rounds out more in the CMS / React realm, which gives them a direct line to compete with Next.js

[benatkin]

They're also involved somewhat in RedwoodJS. Tom Preston-Werner who started Redwood is on their board and an investor in them. Like Gatsby, RedwoodJS uses GraphQL. https://tom.preston-werner.com/2020/03/04/joining-the-netlif... https://redwoodjs.com/

[no_wizard]

Redwood is super cool and if you're a startup and just getting moving, Redwood is a pretty logical choice.

However, its not grasped nearly the same mindshare as Remix, let alone Next.js, and its arguably superior to Remix at least

[QuiiBz]

> We’re excited to integrate Gatsby’s cloud innovations into the Netlify platform

I feel like the acquisition is more focused on Gatsby Cloud than Gatsby (the framework).