Beeper is joining Automattic [WordPress]

Dave@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.world – 21 points –
Beeper
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I’m excited to announce that Beeper has been acquired by Automattic. This acquisition marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter as we continue our mission to create the best chat app on earth.

Automattic is best known for supporting WordPress and WooCommerce – two open source software projects that underpin huge portions of the internet’s publishing and ecommerce infrastructure. Together, we’ll develop software for a third fundamental pillar of the internet: chat.

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Today:

I’m excited to announce that Beeper has been acquired by Automattic.

Tomorrow:

We're excited to announce that Automattic has been acquired by (Insert megacorp here).

Later:

Beeper personnel laid off; project discontinued

Just you wait.

Automattic already made several big acquisitions, including Tumblr, yet are still independent.