Red Sweater Software Acquires Taste
April 1st, 2007Somerville, MA. April 1, 2007
Red Sweater Software today announced that is has acquired taste. After years of speculation about such a move, the company said that it realized the time had finally come.
“Taste can be difficult to spot, and a real challenge to capture. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve simply acquired it,” said Daniel Jalkut, founder of Red Sweater Software. “If taste is what you’re looking for, we’ve got loads of it.”
Red Sweater’s acquisition of taste marks the latest in a series of high profile transactions. It recently purchased MarsEdit, the Mac’s leading blog-publishing software, and MacXword, which it has rebranded as Black Ink, the ultimate crossword-solving application for Mac OS X.
Asked if yet more acquisitions were on the radar, Jalkut took a defensive stance: “We have no comment about future acquisitions that Red Sweater may or may not be pursuing.” However, when pressed for details, Jalkut confided that “the company is running low on T-shirts. We may soon be acquiring a few of the latest Daring Fireball designs, to boost employee morale.” When asked to elaborate on these plans, Jalkut declined to make further comments.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:18 am
It is a bit obvious; anybody in the know, know that Red Sweater Software has always had Taste. No points for you this time around, good luck on 27th of December.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:55 am
You have great taste and that’s for sure !:)
April 1st, 2007 at 2:21 am
You take my taste, but leave my smell alone!
April 1st, 2007 at 2:27 am
Daniel, I was about to congratulate you on the acquisition until I noticed the entry was posted to humor (that and the 3rd person narrative). Heh, happy April’s Fool day to you too.
April 1st, 2007 at 3:48 am
Some say Macs are an acquired taste, so it stands to reason Mac developers would be too! :)
Unless you mean the much languished (until recently) Java app that does cooking recipes (and makes your coffee too) which is called Taste. Nice acquisition in that case. :)
April 1st, 2007 at 5:15 am
Are we to read anything special into the fact that MarsEdit and Black Ink were acquired before you acquired taste?
April 1st, 2007 at 10:38 am
May we beta taste it ?;)
April 1st, 2007 at 10:50 am
Clearly a much needed addition to your already bulging portfolio. Congrats!
April 1st, 2007 at 12:07 pm
It’s an April Fool’s joke? Oh my goodness, I didn’t even realize!