[paulbaumgart]

They proved that they can build products. That makes them very valuable to companies with more money than time. It's a significant career success, if perhaps not quite a business success. And we can congratulate them for that.

[anon808]

sure, if the product they made wasn't depended on by people. these kind of acquisitions seem to always leave the product customers in a lurch. and for that we don't have to congratulate them.

[paulbaumgart]

Assuming this was a smart acquisition by Dropbox, they'll be able to create more value now than they were before the acquisition. Unless you're arguing that the acquisition is actually wealth-destroying, it seems pretty selfish to oppose it.

[anon808]

unless I was one of the customers who's out a service I depended on.

[sidcool]

I fully agree, may be the HackPad team wanted an exit and wanted to retire and spend all their earned money to live a hedonistic life. What's wrong with that?

[1ris]

It's like you worked hard, and then somebody pays you to stop trying.