By ScottMcmullan at 10/31/2006 06:15AM Tags: google, jotspot, wiki

I want to give a little shout out to a post we just made over on the JotSpot company blog: we've been acquired by Google. Yes, it's true, and we're excited as excited can be!

Check out the developer acquisition FAQ we've put together to supplement the general acquisition FAQ.

JotSpot + Google = Developers Win

There are a lot of reasons why JotSpot + Google is a particularly tasty combination. Here are three.

Platform Scale

Here at the JDC we're all about putting the platform side of JotSpot to work. And while I may think Jot is the world's best collaboration platform, deciding on a platform is hard. These decisions can be made even harder when the platform comes from a startup.

In fact my conversation with folks new to JotSpot almost always include some version of the "startup" discussion:

1. Startups fail all the time -- will you be around next year?
2. This will be mission critical for us -- do you have the manpower to support your service?
3. We need fast, reliable, and scalable access -- are you up to snuff?

Needless to say that as part of Google, I don't expect to be having as many of these conversations. :)

Amazing Product Family

From Gmail and Google Calendar to Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google is pushing the envelope of web apps big time. Joining this product family brings new and exciting opportunities to put JotSpot to work both as a wiki and as a collaboration platform. And if the web is the grandaddy of all platforms, then Google and its products and APIs are the number one son.

By joining Google, we become part of a much larger ecosystem and believe we can bring a lot to the party to boot. We look forward to helping fulfill Google's mission of organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful, and invite you to join us!

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