I wrote up a small synopsis over at the GroovyMag blog about the acquisition, then just got pinged that my own quote about it made it in to PC World. I’m famous. ;)
My initial reaction was that this might hurt Groovy and Grails development, but I don’t think that’ll happen. At least unless Spring ends up going back on whatever commitments they may have made privately to Graeme and Guillaume from G2One. G2One would have no reason to agree to be acquired unless they thought it would ultimately be a good thing for the communities they serve. Additionally, this doesn’t strike me as one of those ‘cash out and retire’ sort of deals. SpringSource is buying Graeme and Guillaume’s names, reputations and experience, if nothing else, and likely wouldn’t *let* them just walk away. What would have been the point of an acquisition if your primary assets leave the next day? :)
Ultimately, we’ll wait and see how this plays out, but I’m cautiously optimistic that this will help mainstream adoption of Groovy and Grails technology.
