So, by now you may have had a little time to catch the news that Esri has acquired GeoIQ and added some GeoGeek talent to the Esri talent pool. A few vocal bloggers in the GeoTech world have also had some comments on the deal and shared their thoughts about it. The following is some suggested reading if you’re interested in what kind of buzz is circulating:
- Official PR from Esri – Location Analytics Developer GeoIQ Joins Esri
- Some key points on the news by yours truly – Esri Gets Geeky, More Analytic, and Social with the Addition of GeoIQ – Some Key Points
- From James Fee @cageyjames on the Spatially Adjusted blog (James may be off of Sean Gorman’s Christmas card list for this blunt post ;0) – Esri Eliminates GeoIQ
- On the MapBrief blog, Brian Timoney chimes in with his own thoughts and comments that small business needs to be niche or they need to be Esri in order to survive! It’s Never Been Harder to Make Money in GIS: The Sobering Economic Backdrop to the ESRI/GeoIQ Deal
- Ex Esri-er and now founder & CSO of SkyGone Inc. Ryan Hughes @ryhug has an interesting article, in Jim Cramer style, on the deal and offers kudos to GeoIQ and Esri on a deal that he feels makes loads of sense and will be a win-win – Esri ArcGIS.com moves from “SELL” up to “HOLD” status with GeoIQ acquisition
- Bill Dollins chimes in on the GeoMusings blog commenting that This acquisition/merger makes more sense than may be initially apparent – mainly because GeoCommons is everything that ArcGIS.com should be! Read the GeoMusing blog post on GeoIQ/Esri Deal HERE
- Search Twitter for more on the deal for some lively discussion
Funny Tweets!
Finally, you gotta love this tweet from @Cageyjames… It may sum up what some of you were feeling initially! “It’s bizzaro world where @geoiq staff is saying nice things about @esri. I may have to turn off Twitter today because it’s just too weird.”
And this nugget from Kate Chapman @wonderchook – “I guess this means that @geoiq can finally upgrade their #arcgis licenses beyond 9.3”
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