Wired Magazine has unmasked the man behind TheFunded (a website that allows entrepreneurs to rate VCs), Adeo Ressi. Ted says that he’s not out to punish venture capitalists. He just wants to refocus them on what should be their goal: “backing savvy entrepreneurs to move the fundamental technologies of humanity forward.” And some of TheFunded’s [...]
Dell announced the acquisition of EqualLogic tonight for a pittance… $1.4 billion. The storage virtualization vendor is the biggest acquisition in Dell history: Under the terms of the agreement, Dell will purchase EqualLogic for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. The acquisition of EqualLogic is expected to close late in the fourth quarter of Dell’s fiscal [...]
Greg sent me this article at the New York Times,"Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again" and Stacy says (via Matt ) Balmer is hunting for Open Source Start-Ups. "We will do some buying of companies that are built around open-source products," Ballmer said during an onstage interview at the Web 2.0 Summit in San [...]
