シックス・アパートがLive Journalを買収
TypePadやMoveable Typeのシックス・アパートがLive Journalの買収を今月末までに発表するとのこと。Live JournalはSix Apartが存在するより遥か前の1999年にBrad Fitzpatrickによって始められたオープンソースのブログ。買収によってSix ApartはgoogleのbloggerやマイクロソフトのMSN Spacesと対等に闘える650万人をかかえる巨大なブログ・カンパニーになる。
If the deal goes through, then Six Apart will become one of the largest weblog companies in the world, with nearly 6.5 million users. It also gives the company a very fighting chance against Google's Blogger and Microsoft's MSN Spaces.[...]
Live Journal was started by Brad Fitzpatrick back in 1999, long before Six Apart existed and blogging was all the rage. Live Journal, which is based in Portland, Oregon has 5.5 million users, though only a miniscule number are paying customers. Live Journal is very popular with teenagers and is built on an open source platform, and arguably is one of the largest open source projects on the web.
