Sad. Another company failing and shutting down with its employees going to work at Yahoo.
Sorry, I mean they got acqui-hired.
EDIT: There are other comments saying that people are being unnecessarily negative. Maybe so. But this is a company with customers that is shutting down without a single apology to people that depend on their service. Overall, the post just feels like doublespeak, talking about "your transition" (to what?), and:
"we realized we’d found a partner who shared our passion for user experience, design, and visualizing information."
...which is why they've told us to shut down all the work we've been doing for the last few years and start something different!
It is not sad at all. These guys are talented and have been working on a product that very few people are really going miss. Hopefully they are now going to be working on products and projects that people actually care about.
Sorry, I mean they got acqui-hired.
EDIT: There are other comments saying that people are being unnecessarily negative. Maybe so. But this is a company with customers that is shutting down without a single apology to people that depend on their service. Overall, the post just feels like doublespeak, talking about "your transition" (to what?), and:
"we realized we’d found a partner who shared our passion for user experience, design, and visualizing information."
...which is why they've told us to shut down all the work we've been doing for the last few years and start something different!