{"id":358,"date":"2007-06-19T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/358\/buying-frenzy"},"modified":"2007-06-19T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T16:01:18","slug":"buying-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/358\/buying-frenzy","title":{"rendered":"Buying Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year I acquired two products which are now major elements of my product lineup: MarsEdit<\/a> and Black Ink<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nSince then, there seems to be a tone of acquisition in the air. I’m not sure if I can take any of the credit for prompting this, but it seems that anecodotally at least, my throwing dollars around has put the same idea into other independent developers’ heads.\n<\/p>\n

\nConsider Scotty from Late Night Cocoa<\/a>, who last month followed in my footsteps by acquiring two products<\/a>: TrackTime<\/a> and Event Maker<\/a>. Scotty is a full-time Windows (mostly) consultant who realized that the fastest track to full-time development for the Mac might be to start with a couple of salable products.\n<\/p>\n

\nNews also came out earlier this month<\/a> that Jesse Grosjean of Hog Bay Software<\/a> had found a buyer for his Mori<\/a> and Clockwork<\/a> applications. Today we learn that the buyer is Alfonso Guerra<\/a>, a friend of mine from #macsb<\/a> who I met at the C4 Conference last year. No doubt at the C4 conference this year<\/em>, I’ll be citing him as an example in my speech about acquisitions. :)\n<\/p>\n

\nIn almost, but not completely unrelated news – our beloved mythical Mac-monster, the Macalope<\/a>, has also announced a bit of transacting. Selling out, in its own words, to CNET<\/a>. I wish the Macalope luck in its new digs, though it’s going to cause quite a stir walking down 2nd Street with those horns.\n<\/p>\n

\nBlogged from my iPhone. Psyche!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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