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Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator
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Didn't the same thing happen with Watson?
"Yahoo! Inc. on Monday will announce the acquisition of Konfabulator, a Macintosh and Windows application that allows users to run mini files known as Widgets on their desktop -- the same model used by Apple for its Dashboard application. Yahoo! company executives said they would also be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product."
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/07...php?lsrc=mwrss
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Can I get a refund from Yahoo then?
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Luckily for me, Apple already gave me a entirely better product for free... 
However, I suppose this is good. Now Arlo Rose can stop complaining about how he got "copied", he got some money from Yahoo from his idea, maybe he'll GASP! get a new idea and move on...
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Good to know... that something that I found really useless has been acquired by a company who I tend to ignore.
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Originally Posted by Superchicken
Good to know... that something that I found really useless has been acquired by a company who I tend to ignore.
I couldn't agree more. Well said.
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Originally Posted by Randman
Can I get a refund from Yahoo then?
Depends on when you bought your copy ...
Originally Posted by MacObserver
... Anyone who bought version 2.0 of the software since mid-May will be given refunds, said Konfabulator CEO Arlo Rose. ...
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Originally Posted by Sealobo
how much did Yahoo! pay?
According to my source - Eleventy Billion™ $
Originally Posted by MacObserver
... Yahoo confirmed the purchase was finalized late last week for an undisclosed price. ... link
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Very interesting. From the way the article sounds, it looks almost as though Yahoo is looking for an engine to write cross-platform apps. At the same time, I'm forced to ask: if this is the case, why Konfabulator? It's not really engineered for that sort of thing.
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Originally Posted by Superchicken
Good to know... that something that I found really useless has been acquired by a company who I tend to ignore.
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The reason I never used Konfab for a long period of time, is the same reason I never used Kaleidoscope, or SS.
The problems they cause, outweigh the benefits.
Buggy with apps, memory leaks.. etc.
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yahoo just wants a way to display all their data in desktop do-hickeys... that's fine and prob smart.
even free, still don't give a frack about konfab ever since he cried over and over "apple ripped me off"
prob. ended up with more stock options due to the whole fracas. he should be thanking apple.
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konfabulator was incomplete until Apple... never really liked it until it was added as a feature of the OS.
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Originally Posted by ☺
The reason I never used Konfab for a long period of time, is the same reason I never used Kaleidoscope, or SS.
The problems they cause, outweigh the benefits.
Buggy with apps, memory leaks.. etc.
Hi Zimp.
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I Atomic Rooster have stolen this gif.
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Oh, Yahoo bought it. I guess they were serious when they said they were going to stop developing it for Apple.
Yahoo's "dedication" to the Mac platform is as apparent as Sony'd "dedication" to bringing all their Station games to the Mac... like... uh... Everquest Mac Edition... that doesn't work with anything else. And I think that's it. Oh wait, they have some Java games like Tic-Tac-Toe and Checkers. I'm sure Mac users have been dying to get in on the Tic-Tac-Toe action.
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Now now now, Yahoo has done great things for the Mac community... like uhh... you know... that thing.... with the... uhh... it had a Y as it's icon... wait... oh no I'm thinking of a nightmare I once had... it was a cool nightmare though... the Golden Girls were there...
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Originally Posted by Superchicken
Now now now, Yahoo has done great things for the Mac community... like uhh... you know... that thing.... with the... uhh... it had a Y as it's icon... wait... oh no I'm thinking of a nightmare I once had... it was a cool nightmare though... the Golden Girls were there...
You were wrestling naked with the golden girls naked in a pool of jello?
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
You were wrestling naked with the golden girls naked in a pool of jello?
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Hi Zimp.
Hey secksy.
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Originally Posted by Athens
wonderful, the windows version will include spyware
I downloaded it at work, but haven't installed yet. Have more info?
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