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July 12, 2004
Let's Give 'Em Something To Talk About
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn
Yahoo's quiet purchase of Oddpost over the weekend brings up a lot of questions. Once the press gets back from its vacation perhaps it will ask some of them:
- If Oddpost is a clone of Outlook, how fast will Microsoft sue?
- If Oddpost is so great, why did its makers sell out so quickly and quietly?
- Does this mean the Tech IPO market isn't as great as Google makes it out to be?
- Will a decent spam filter be the "magic bullet" Yahoo needs against Gmail's 1 billion byte promises?
- If this is such a great deal, why won't Yahoo discuss its terms?
- Will Oddpost's interface become the Yahoo mail standard or will it become a paid "extra" since it was costing people $30/year?
- If this is one of the big deals of the summer, what does that say about the tech market generally?
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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for over 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the "Interactive Age Daily" for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age, and dozens of other publications over the years.
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