http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/ Ace King, Check it Out! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:40:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27376 Joe Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:24:58 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27376 Hey Steve, you and me both. Never spent a day there, though I did get a fly from Annrai at one point. Hey Steve, you and me both. Never spent a day there, though I did get a fly from Annrai at one point.

]]> http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27375 steve Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:23:12 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27375 As one of the few Irish geeks never to have been employed by Iona I agree totally with Joe's thoughts here. Not getting on board with the abortion that was early enterprise-Java was a fatal error for Iona. Their belated attempt to fuse Corba and J2EE (Artix) was a great, if doomed, piece of engineering though. As one of the few Irish geeks never to have been employed by Iona I agree totally with Joe’s thoughts here. Not getting on board with the abortion that was early enterprise-Java was a fatal error for Iona. Their belated attempt to fuse Corba and J2EE (Artix) was a great, if doomed, piece of engineering though.

]]> http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27363 Joe Drumgoole Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:12:24 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27363 For a publically quoted company with a previous valuation of 1.2bn its a bit of step down. For a publically quoted company with a previous valuation of 1.2bn its a bit of step down.

]]> http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27362 conor Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:43:25 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27362 162 million is not too bad an exit though. 162 million is not too bad an exit though.

]]> http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27360 Red Links 26/06/08 : Alexia Golez Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:15:42 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2008/06/25/end-of-an-era-iona-sold-for-162m/#comment-27360 [...] looks at the history of Iona as news of their sale hits. God, weren’t they the middleware golden children in the [...] [...] looks at the history of Iona as news of their sale hits. God, weren’t they the middleware golden children in the [...]

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