Microsoft acquires Jellyfish

I got to know Brian Smith (www.comparisonengines.com) during the early days of Frucall, and I have loved his work ever since.  In addition to being a great person, he is a real journalist, and is excellent at finding bits and pieces of information, putting them together, and giving you a story that is worth reading.

A few weeks ago he wrote about Jellyfish's "Smack" feature, and suggested that Jellyfish is a target for acquisition.  Admittedly I did not take it seriously (my bad, Brian!) - and what do you know...  Less than a month later Microsoft acquires them.  The suggestion was not explicit enough to make me feel Brian had inside information, I think his article was his assessment.

Anyhow, I saw the news a few days ago but did not a chance to blog it until just now.  So I went back to Brian's site to get the link to his article, and I saw his post covering the acquisition.  You should definitely read it - a lot of good information, both on the Microsoft/Jellyfish deal, and on acquisition landscape in the comparison shopping market.