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title: "Acquisitions 2.0"
date: 2005-10-05T14:00:13-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/10/05/acquisitions-20/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides, entrepreneurs, acquisitions]
---

# Acquisitions 2.0

Wow, isn't this the week for acquisitions?

  * [NetNewsWire acquired by NewsGator][ng].  (And, [the man with the drinks has more to say][cow].)
  
    Congratulations, Brent!
  
  * [Upcoming.org acquired by Yahoo!][up]  
  
    Congratulations, Andy, [Gordon][g], and [Leonard][l]!
	
	(<ins>Updated!  I forgot the other guys at first post!</ins>)
 
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.

[g]: http://getluky.net/2005/10/05/yahoo-acquires-upcomingorg/
[l]: http://randomfoo.net/blog/id/4032
[cow]: http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000683.html    
[up]: http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/10/04/yahoo_an.shtml  
[ng]: http://www.newsgator.com/NetNewsWire.aspx

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                <a href="#comment-221084416" class="permalink"><time datetime="2005-10-05T22:19:18">2005-10-05T22:19:18</time></a>
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            <div class="content"><p>In the security world, it looks like Symantec is buying Bindview too!</p></div>
            
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