http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=1372

i do agree that yahoo could have built this
but sometimes companies are bought because
of teams , product roadmaps , IP or just to keep them out of competitors hands which is actually petty but makes biz sense

if yahoo had built this then what ? do they sit around and wait for xoopit to release their next release so that they can copy it ? building everything in house might look cheaper but in the long run sometimes tend to be expensive

xoopit was backed by VC’s so they must be having a decent roadmaps since the VC’s opened up their wallets to them so i guess yahoo also liked what they saw or think this team can deliver so they picked them up

atleast from the past acquisitions of both yahoo and some of the other bigger companies what i have learnt by reading and heard from other sources is that companies do still like yahoo
not only because of their culture but also because their acquisitions are never to destroy great products like how google does dodgeball ,jaiku etc but they do tend to absorb their new targets into the yahoo core DNA somehow and that is what makes the team behind the product happy believe me no one wants to see their product die altogether but they do like to see it live on in one way or another

yahoo mail is still big and xoopit is good product that can be assimilated into their mail product DNA yahoo does not have to innovate but if only they just stay relevant for their users they will do well but they do have some innovative stuff happening recently which is gd but i personally feel that yahoo microsoft marriage is good in terms of building a worthy competitor to challenge the mountainview giant who stands tall unchallenged so far and slowly spreading its tentacles in every online aspect of its users life. yahoo with a cash rich partner is the only way anyone can seriously hamper googles march to dominance.

yep loved the post looking forward to lots more good posts
its stuff like this that keeps me awake reading blogs till around 4 am in india ;)

thnx for the reply :)

yep kudos to Geva for the post
but ur entire team is gd I have never had any issues with the quality of the stuff i read at gigaom daily but have a big complaint abt the quantity :( it might be too much to ask considering a great deal of research that goes into coming up with something substantial tht fans of gigaom will like :)

oh and since we are being honest here the other thing i like abt gigaom is their design which is more focused towards their users :)

You should also check out apstrata (http://blog.apstrata.com). Still in alpha, but has CloudQuery functions plus more like user management, transactional integrity, and data consistency.