Slashdot pointed me to the official Dodgeball.com website noting that they have have been purchased by Google.com. Jerry asked in an e-mail why Google would not just create their own competing system since they have much more reach and resources. My response is that Google was after the system as much as it was after the name and the brain power of Alex and Dennis. Sometimes the best way to recruit brilliant people is to buy the company the were working for. I know Dennis and he is worth buying Dodgeball for if you can retain his services. In this case I think Google bought Dodgeball for the human capital as much as the Intellectual property.
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how much do you think they paid for this...it doesn't seem to be well used...i have been using it a while and there is not much activity
Posted by: julian | May 18, 2006 at 04:07 AM
Hey Julian - I have no idea how much they paid. All I can say is that since the purchase I have seen Denis Crowley out at events and he is still wearking the same clothes as before. The utilization will grow slowly as people wake up to mobile location apps. Dodgeball works real well at out of town conferences such as SXSW!
Posted by: Randy | May 18, 2006 at 09:57 AM
OK,
I guess you are in NY then. I am in Portland, and although there seems to be a significant user base, I have not seen a network effect. For Example, I have heard very little about the 10 block friend of friend happenning. IS there a different feel for it there?
Posted by: julian | May 18, 2006 at 03:32 PM