Google Acquisition of RTM?
doughywilson says:
I am wondering if there is any possibility that Google would acquire Remember the Milk? They are in desperate need of a good task list, and remember the milk is phenomenal.
Would RTM be interested in being acquired? Why hasn't it happened already!?
Would RTM be interested in being acquired? Why hasn't it happened already!?
lwallach says:
Heheh, I've been thinking the same thing. I think RTM is one of the best if not the best task manager out there and their model seems to be very Google-compatible. Not sure if Emily et al WANT to get bought out by a foreign (to them) company, but they seem very happy to make things work with Google's various offerings. I doubt they will comment on such things whether or not they've been approached, but it's fun to speculate. The main thing I would hope for in a Google buyout would simply be more resources to get things done. Then again, features in various Google tools (maps, calendar, etc.) seem to trickle out at a slow pace, so I'm not sure simply getting bought by them will speed things up - at least in the short term...
doughywilson says:
Yeah. I just hope the the work the RTM team has set forth ends up paying out for them. It would really suck if Google released a task list and then everyone started using it just because it's automatically integrated into gmail/calendar/etc... It would just seem unfair that RTM had spent so much time getting their product to work for Google users.
d4jones says:
I just created my account and hit the forums to see if anyone had brought this point up.
anotherbeachbum says:
I imagine that Google has their eyes on every developer's task application. Once the dust settles, I assert that Google will select the one application that works the best and make the developer very rich in terms of Google stock. Furthermore, I expect Google to iron out all of the integration issues between their applications, offer a universal contacts list and provide an calendar based task list before they launch their mobile phone software.
sfinxes says:
They already have one, but it did not launch yet: Jotspot: http://www.jot.com/gallery/#TODO
The fact that Google does not have a decent to do manager, makes me think that they are programming away on the integration of Jostpot (& ToDo) into all Google products. If they would not be doing this, RTM would already be aquired...
True that it would be a pitty for RTM.. They have really outdone themselves with the gmail addon.
The fact that Google does not have a decent to do manager, makes me think that they are programming away on the integration of Jostpot (& ToDo) into all Google products. If they would not be doing this, RTM would already be aquired...
True that it would be a pitty for RTM.. They have really outdone themselves with the gmail addon.