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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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ITA Software buyout reported to stir up concern
By Mass High Tech staff
UMass President Jack Wilson on Entrepreneurship
The proposed $700 million acquisition of Boston-based ITA Software Inc. by Google Inc. has apparently raised the concern level of some other tech giants.
| Does it seem odd to you that Microsoft or Google would beef about “unfair advantages”? |
Seattle TechFlash has pointed to a Wall Street Journal article reporting that Microsoft Corp. and Expedia Inc. have cried foul and noting the “unfair advantage” Google could gain from acquiring the flight-information software maker. Concord-based Kayak Software Corp. is also noted as company concerned with the deal.
Read Seattle TechFlash for more insight.
Mass High Tech noted in July that the ITA Software buyout will have implications for search technology firms in New England. Take a look at what CEOs at three regional search tech firms – Endeca Technologies Inc., Ramp Inc. and Goby Technologies Inc. – had to say about the issue.
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