Stowe Boyd: No, We Should Not Protest The Yahoo Tumblr Acquisition
Paul Higgins : Good points Stowe although I am less optimistic than you sound about Yahoo and what it can do. I am also a little sad to think that the only alternative for Tumblr is to be bought out by a big player, whoever that may be. I do recognise that someone needs to pay the piper and dislike the reactions of people who want a great free service but do not recognise the commercial realities. It will be interesting to see this play out even though the Yahoo rumour may be just that. I think it speaks to changed business models and maybe that the financing expectations are out of whack.
Paul Higgins wonders if we should oppose the Tumblr acquisition by Yahoo:
Paul Higgins, The Community, Tumblr and Yahoo – Do we Protest?
There are a couple of services that are really important to my life and my business. One of them is Tumblr and the other is Evernote. In promoting…