Okay, I know that BlogLines being bought is a big deal.

I’ve been an avid BlogLines user and evangelist for more than a year. It’s a great service. But, really, it’s still just an aggregator. The only thing I care about is that they don’t pull a BlogRolling and screw the service up.

I’m tired of having services I rely on go to pot when they get bought up. I understand that the staff and owners get big paychecks and so have problems staying motivated. But, if you’re going to pay millions of dollars for software, why not hire a few consultants from your user base to make sure everything stays on track? Grab 3. Pay them each 500$/day for 3 months. And just write it off as a cost of the acquisition.

I mean, really. Can’t anyone actually do a merger that works besides Google and Microsoft?