<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style="">Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, I thought I'd do it. I was notified today that Tail-f, a company founded by a number of well-known erlang guys and employing a largish number of erlang developers, is being acquired by Cisco for $175 million. Their product portfolio is of course to a large extent written in erlang. Congratulations guys!</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent;" class=""><a href="http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/sdn-architectures/cisco-to-buy-hot-startup-tail-f-for-$175m/d/d-id/709488" class="" style="">Cisco to Buy Hot Startup Tail-f for $175M | Light Reading</a>?<br class="" style=""></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"
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