Yahoo will not shut down Delicious and instead is trying to sell it to another company. At least, that's what Yahoo wrote on the Delicious blog Friday, a day after reports circulated that it planned to shut down the social bookmarking pioneer.
"We're actively thinking about the future of Delicious and we believe there is a home outside the company that would make more sense for the service and our users," the blog post says. "We're in the process of exploring a variety of options and talking to companies right now. And we'll share our plans with you as soon as we can."
For now, Delicious users don't have to rush to export their bookmarks because the service will remain active. "We can only imagine how upsetting the news coverage over the past 24 hours has been to many of you. Speaking for our team, we were very disappointed by the way that this appeared in the press. We'll let you know more as things develop," the blog post reads.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9201578/
"We're actively thinking about the future of Delicious and we believe there is a home outside the company that would make more sense for the service and our users," the blog post says. "We're in the process of exploring a variety of options and talking to companies right now. And we'll share our plans with you as soon as we can."
For now, Delicious users don't have to rush to export their bookmarks because the service will remain active. "We can only imagine how upsetting the news coverage over the past 24 hours has been to many of you. Speaking for our team, we were very disappointed by the way that this appeared in the press. We'll let you know more as things develop," the blog post reads.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9201578/