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  "html": "<p>Wow, isn't this the week for acquisitions?</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://www.newsgator.com/NetNewsWire.aspx\">NetNewsWire acquired by NewsGator</a>.  (And, <a href=\"http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000683.html\">the man with the drinks has more to say</a>.)</p>\n<p>Congratulations, Brent!</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/10/04/yahoo_an.shtml\">Upcoming.org acquired by Yahoo!</a>  </p>\n<p>Congratulations, Andy, <a href=\"http://getluky.net/2005/10/05/yahoo-acquires-upcomingorg/\">Gordon</a>, and <a href=\"http://randomfoo.net/blog/id/4032\">Leonard</a>!</p>\n<p>(<ins>Updated!  I forgot the other guys at first post!</ins>)</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I'm not quite sure what to think about all of this yet, but it makes me wish I'd gotten one of my bright ideas launched.  :)    But, of course, it takes more than just an idea.  It takes execution, timing, and hard work to get to where these guys are today.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084416\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://dcortesi.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2bf25fd1da5ac49e094678a8c251a62f&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://dcortesi.com\">Damon</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221084416\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-05T22:19:18\">2005-10-05T22:19:18</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>In the security world, it looks like Symantec is buying Bindview too!</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "Wow, isn't this the week for acquisitions?\r\n\r\n  * [NetNewsWire acquired by NewsGator][ng].  (And, [the man with the drinks has more to say][cow].)\r\n  \r\n    Congratulations, Brent!\r\n  \r\n  * [Upcoming.org acquired by Yahoo!][up]  \r\n  \r\n    Congratulations, Andy, [Gordon][g], and [Leonard][l]!\r\n\t\r\n\t(<ins>Updated!  I forgot the other guys at first post!</ins>)\r\n \r\nI'm not quite sure what to think about all of this yet, but it makes me wish I'd gotten one of my bright ideas launched.  :)    But, of course, it takes more than just an idea.  It takes execution, timing, and hard work to get to where these guys are today.\r\n\r\n[g]: http://getluky.net/2005/10/05/yahoo-acquires-upcomingorg/\r\n[l]: http://randomfoo.net/blog/id/4032\r\n[cow]: http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000683.html    \r\n[up]: http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/10/04/yahoo_an.shtml  \r\n[ng]: http://www.newsgator.com/NetNewsWire.aspx\n\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n            \n        <ul class=\"comments\">\n            \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084416\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://dcortesi.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2bf25fd1da5ac49e094678a8c251a62f&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://dcortesi.com\">Damon</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221084416\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-05T22:19:18\">2005-10-05T22:19:18</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>In the security world, it looks like Symantec is buying Bindview too!</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        </ul>\n    \n        </div>\n    ",
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