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Acrylic team joins Facebook

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Re: Acrylic team joins Facebook

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This sounds more like he applied for and got a job at Facebook, rather than a formal acquisition. As far as I know, Acrylic is a one person team.

on the blog post Dustin mentions that FB is not buying the software, so its a pure hire

Re: Acrylic team joins Facebook

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I just hope they open source wallet for the community to maintain/develop. I use it every day, and was looking forward using it on Mountain Lion

You could switch to 1Password and yes I realize this would cost something though for the information in question revenue to support ongoing development and maintenance seems reasonable. The AgileBits folks are very solid and I don't see them being aqui-hired anytime soon, and I've used 1P for years with little to no trouble.

Re: Acrylic team joins Facebook

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Could somebody please enlighten me as to how one would go about utilizing 100% of the bevy of high caliber design talent that Facebook has amassed? Facebook products don't change very often, I'm rather curious as what it is they plan to do there.

Re: Acrylic team joins Facebook

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post #2

I just hope they open source wallet for the community to maintain/develop. I use it every day, and was looking forward using it on Mountain Lion

You could switch to 1Password and yes I realize this would cost something though for the information in question revenue to support ongoing development and maintenance seems reasonable. The AgileBits folks are very solid and I don't see them being aqui-hired anytime soon, and I've used 1P for years with little to no trouble.

... but 1Password isn't as pretty...

Re: Acrylic team joins Facebook

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post #6

Could somebody please enlighten me as to how one would go about utilizing 100% of the bevy of high caliber design talent that Facebook has amassed? Facebook products don't change very often, I'm rather curious as what it is they plan to do there.

Prevent them from creating facebook competitors?

Re: Acrylic team joins Facebook

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Great. Facebook just bought the application that manages my passwords. That makes me feel good.

This might just be the quote of the decade! Yes, I know I'll get downvoted.

Not to bring my sour notes from the discussion on the just announced Sparrow team acquisition but the Acrylic blog post mentions that the products and services remain and the wording makes it appear to be a hire(not an acquisition) if that makes you feel any safer.

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