[joe-mccann]

> To bigger companies: chill out with the "acquihires."

Easy for someone to say whom doesn't run the M&A and Strategy department for a multi-nation corporate conglomerate engaged in one of the most competitive spaces for talent acquisition and retention.

[rglover]

You're right, I don't. But at this point, it seems like gluttony. Eating for the sake of eating. Sure they'll gain some value out of the team and their insights into email, but is their contribution going to be more so within Google than outside of it?

[brk]

At $10 a license I'm going to guess that the Sparrow guys weren't rolling in Ferrarri's and Brazillian models.

It's quite possible that this was actually a way for them to continue doing something they love (coding) without financial stress hanging over their heads.