Comments on: Automattic Acquires Gravatar http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar big pimpin' Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:30:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robin http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar/comment-page-1#comment-186 Robin Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:19:59 +0000 http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar#comment-186 <p>Because Automattic is a company that, as far as I know, aims to stay afloat financially, and unless WordPress.com and the other services make <em>so</em> much money that Gravatar can just dip into that (which seems a bit odd), Gravatar has to turn a profit.</p> <p>Even if Automattic just took over, and didn't "acquire" Gravatar's property per se, the bandwidth and servers (not to mention storage) would cost quite a bit.</p> Because Automattic is a company that, as far as I know, aims to stay afloat financially, and unless WordPress.com and the other services make so much money that Gravatar can just dip into that (which seems a bit odd), Gravatar has to turn a profit.

Even if Automattic just took over, and didn’t “acquire” Gravatar’s property per se, the bandwidth and servers (not to mention storage) would cost quite a bit.

]]> By: Lloyd Budd http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar/comment-page-1#comment-183 Lloyd Budd Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:22:52 +0000 http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar#comment-183 <p>I see Gravatar as a feature, so why would it need to be profitable.</p> <p>NeXT mail.app allowed avatars in email, and some address books seem to, but mostly it is still very awkward. Will WordPress and the Web show how it can be done?</p> I see Gravatar as a feature, so why would it need to be profitable.

NeXT mail.app allowed avatars in email, and some address books seem to, but mostly it is still very awkward. Will WordPress and the Web show how it can be done?

]]> By: Robin http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar/comment-page-1#comment-178 Robin Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:47:43 +0000 http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar#comment-178 <p>Yeah, some buzzwords I really just don't like -- or those extraneous JavaScript effects and AJAX. Those piss me off.</p> Yeah, some buzzwords I really just don’t like — or those extraneous JavaScript effects and AJAX. Those piss me off.

]]> By: Jim http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar/comment-page-1#comment-171 Jim Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:36:24 +0000 http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar#comment-171 <p>This can only mean good things for Gravatar. It's awesome that Automattic picked it up.</p> <p>I'm not a big fan of the word, either, but then again, I've never really been a fan of the word 'blog.' I've just never thought of something better and more catchy, and by this point, both words are fairly locked into the public mind.</p> This can only mean good things for Gravatar. It’s awesome that Automattic picked it up.

I’m not a big fan of the word, either, but then again, I’ve never really been a fan of the word ‘blog.’ I’ve just never thought of something better and more catchy, and by this point, both words are fairly locked into the public mind.

]]> By: Automattic ha comprado Gravatar › CalinSoft http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar/comment-page-1#comment-168 Automattic ha comprado Gravatar › CalinSoft Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:54:06 +0000 http://robinadr.com/2007/10/automattic_acquires_gravatar#comment-168 <p>[...] Robinadr me entero que Automattic ha comprado Gravatar, ya Matt Mullenweg lo anunciaba en su blog, tambien [...]</p> […] Robinadr me entero que Automattic ha comprado Gravatar, ya Matt Mullenweg lo anunciaba en su blog, tambien […]

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