Verisign buys Moreover Technologies·I can't comment, but Paid Content has the rationale of the deal, and a counterbid from Google. Has anyone noticed how Rafat Ali is breaking most of the smaller internet deals ahead of print media? Verisign will, I'm sure, be able best to explain the future. As for the past... The smartest take on Moreover's course came, as one might expect, in a post on Jason Kottke's site, who worked with me at the company, as a designer. He notes Moreover had web news search and RSS feeds before pretty much anyone else, but sought the safety of the boring corporate information market during the downturn. Not that there was much choice. One miss he should have included: Moreover, which had a joint venture with the makers of Blogger, was all lined up to buy the company back in January 2001. Lucky for Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan that we didn't! Anyway, herewith the end of our M&A coverage, of which there's far too much these days. Back to work.
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