tag:,2009:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4667- 2009-10-30T14:52:18Z Comments for Yahoo buys del.icio.us - keep it free! Movable Type 4.23-en tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4667 2005-12-09T20:06:41Z 2007-12-16T23:15:55Z Yahoo buys del.icio.us - keep it free! As TechCrunch reported, Joshua Schachter has announced the sale of Del.icio.us to (who else) Yahoo. Personally I'm thrilled Yahoo got del.icio.us, but I'm hoping they don't make it into a walled garden like they did with the My Web 2.0 product. Currently a user can export their data from del.icio.us, but they can't do that... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com As TechCrunch reported, Joshua Schachter has announced the sale of Del.icio.us to (who else) Yahoo. Personally I'm thrilled Yahoo got del.icio.us, but I'm hoping they don't make it into a walled garden like they did with the My Web 2.0 product. Currently a user can export their data from del.icio.us, but they can't do that from My Web 2.0. I've written many times about this issue - I've even emailed My Web 2.0 senior managers, urging them to open it up. But still it remains a closed property… not very Web 2.0 :-( So I hope Yahoo doesn't ruin a good thing and close off del.icio.us. I'm sure they won't. More details on my ZDNet blog.

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4667-comment:36724 Comment from Jim on 2005-12-09 Jim http://serotoninrain.blogspot.com Why makes you sure about that? I am concerned myself about just that kind of thing.

]]> 2005-12-09T20:31:59Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4667-comment:36725 Comment from Al Gore on 2005-12-09 Al Gore http://AlGoreLabs.com Tipper put in a very pretty walled garden in our backyard. Perhaps yahoo is doing the same.

-- Al

]]> 2005-12-09T22:12:58Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4667-comment:36726 Comment from Richard MacManus on 2005-12-09 Richard MacManus http://readwriteweb.com er, thanks Al.

]]> 2005-12-10T06:54:57Z tag:72.47.210.69,2005://1.4667-comment:36727 Comment from WD Milner on 2005-12-11 WD Milner http://www.milner.ca Yahoo has ruined just about every service they acquire in the name of "improvements". I can't see that del.icio.us will be any different. It was nice while it lasted.

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