FlightCaster (YC S09) Acquired

Super news for you guys, that's less than 18 months from launch to acquisition, really cool.<p>What I really love about this deal is this line:<p>"Before we go any further, let us address our users. FlightCaster.com will stay right where it is and continue to provide flight delay prediction for free. We're also making our mobile app free -- you can download it now. We'll continue to use our powerful algorithms to predict flight delays. We'll continue to push the envelope on getting the best travel intelligence to people when they need it."<p>How much better is that than: "hey our team just got acquired by Facebook/Some other 500 # gorilla and we'll be shutting down our service next week".<p>That really sets a good example on how it is done.

<i>"We're pleased to announce that FlightCaster has been acquired by Next Jump Inc. It's a good day here at FlightCaster HQ (freakin' phenomenal day!), and we're stoked about the new possibilities.</i>"<p>How much better an opening statement is that, when compared to generic PR shrill about XYZ Co joining with ABC Ltd to provide blah blah blah leverage. Made me even more excited for the team and FlightCaster users.

That sounds like an excellent deal for both the team and users, awesome, don't see that often :-) Congratulations.

Again, where is the link to your site on your blog? I realize there is a link in the post. This has been a recurring theme here, site blogs that do not link to the site they are blogging about.

Another nice Lisp/Clojure success story. <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/9203e07d197dbd29" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/9203e07d197dbd29</a><p>Mentioning that, does anybody know what happened to Postabon, another Lisp startup, which went silent a while ago?

Congratulations, I'm really looking forward to where this can go.

Price?

Shouldn't we reserve the "congratulations" until more info is provided about the terms (price) of the deal.EG- Pownce.com wasn't congratulated for being acquired.

Congrats! I've always been curious how the conversation goes when one company reaches out to another in hopes of being acquired. Do deals like this usually happen as stock swaps?

Congratulations! I was wondering why Bradford's posts were suddenly becoming so focused on the news and personalisation! :)

Congratulations! Flightcaster seems like an awesome execution. Now I'm excited to see what you have planned... even though Woven is ambitious, you have the track record to pull it off!

Why next jump acquired flightcaster? (May be they also want to combine their ecommerce shop with flights along with price predictions data as a differentiator) but why?

For those seeing an Error 503, the post can be seen at the top of their blog: <a href="http://blog.flightcaster.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.flightcaster.com/</a>

How much??

Congrats!

Congratulations, sirs.

very niice! how much?