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Yahoo Purchases Konfabulator

Posted by Zonk on from the widgets-for-sale dept.

NerdyPunk2ML writes "Macworld news has an article about Yahoo's acquisition of Konfabulator, which will be announced Monday. Yahoo company executives said they will be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product. The reason they purchased Konfabulator was they wanted an easy way to open up its APIs to the developer community and allow them easy access to the information on the Yahoo web site." From the article: "The acquisition of Konfabulator may not be the last Mac compatible product users see from Yahoo! While Schneider wasn't specific, he did say that there was interest in the Mac. 'There is a move at Yahoo! -- in addition to Konfabulator -- to move more onto the Mac,' said Schneider. 'We want to make sure we find a way to be more cross platform.'"

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  1. Kon... fa... bulator... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think Yahoo bought this instead.

  2. Microsoft is missing out. Again. by melted · · Score: 0, Troll

    This could be THE perfect vehicle to get people to actually use MSN. As a bonus, if they bought Konfabulator, they could release it without worrying that someone might blame them for ripping off Apple, because Apple themselves ripped off the Konfabulator. Please, someone at MSN, I'm a shareholder and I want to hear heads roll.

  3. Re:I just bought Konfabulator by Tim_F · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you really needed that $20.00 then you wouldn't have bought the software. What a stupid question.