Magento taken over by eBay
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damn, thats interesting, i wonder what the point of doing this will be further down the road. maybe allowing people to auto create ebay stores on the fly?
Magento have 4 products; Community, GO, Pro & Enterprise. Only one of these is free.
Also the most interesting part of the buyout is that ebay are releasing their own "Open Ecommerce" platform called X.Ecommerce (can be found at x.com) which is powerd by the Magento Zend Framework. Who knows what will happen when this is released, think it's probably be the end of the free Magento community edition anyway.
That actually makes a lot of sense. If they are using the magento frame work then why not own it. Wouldn't want a competitor to scoop it up.
Totally agree, I think this will the worst case scenario having the community edition being payed maybe much more who knows? but lets just wait and see.
Not a good move for us Magento developers.
We'd pay fees for every theme and plugin sold.
WTF it's like WordPress bought by ExpressionEngine
We'd pay fees for every theme and plugin sold.
WTF it's like WordPress bought by ExpressionEngine
Thats damn interesting , people we already know that ebay is actually rocking with afflaites and sales and now they are to a new arena , thats good.
Do you think this means magento is no longer going to be a free platform?
PS: EBAY SUCK ASS! tossers!!
PS: EBAY SUCK ASS! tossers!!
The message is clear: ebay bought magento for one big reason. That reason will be beneficial to them.
Now eBay is taking over Magento completely. The deal should be finalised by the third quarter of 2011.
From a strategic point of view the e commerce system is to be the heart of eBay’s new X.Commerce platform. This will create a common base for the eBay, PayPal and now Magento developer communities. Observers see this as a way for eBay to regain momentum with new technologies such as, for example, mobile platforms after a recent weakening of their core business in the auction and fixed price markets.
The more than 290 Magento employees are to keep their jobs after the takeover and, according to a FAQ about it (PDF), the present Magento e commerce platform will continue to be supported by eBay. Quite apart from that the management wants to integrate the first systems and processes into the eBay platform in the course of the coming year, in the context of the future development of X.Commerce and under the leadership of Matthew Mengerink.
From a strategic point of view the e commerce system is to be the heart of eBay’s new X.Commerce platform. This will create a common base for the eBay, PayPal and now Magento developer communities. Observers see this as a way for eBay to regain momentum with new technologies such as, for example, mobile platforms after a recent weakening of their core business in the auction and fixed price markets.
The more than 290 Magento employees are to keep their jobs after the takeover and, according to a FAQ about it (PDF), the present Magento e commerce platform will continue to be supported by eBay. Quite apart from that the management wants to integrate the first systems and processes into the eBay platform in the course of the coming year, in the context of the future development of X.Commerce and under the leadership of Matthew Mengerink.
Happy with the news...
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