[stevenwei]

I think (b) and (c) are overly dramatic here. Doomed to work to the end of their lives for a big corporation? These are the guys that just sold their 5 person company for $25M.

I don't think people will stop buying indie software on account of this either. The Internet likes to make big news out of these kinds of things, but forgets just as quickly.

[adambenayoun]

Yes, indeed - I tend to agree with you. I think people are over dramatizing this sale probably because they were tied emotionally. This is a good thing actually, it means that there is still a huge opportunity for email clients and people are more likely to switch if a good client emerge. (I know I would).

I also think that this sale is not a bad thing necessarly. It won't stop us from spending more money on software, on the contrary. I think that if there are more exits available for indie developers, more developers might opt to go the indie route in the future knowing they might have a chance at getting acquired and thus having more developers launching great software.

Again, I don't think the Sparrow team made a mistake and I applaud them for selling their company and joining a 'corporate', if that is what they wanted to do - good for them. I'll surely buy more software from them in the future.

(I'll probably get downvoted to the ground like my other comments on that thread for having somewhat different views from the mob).