In this era of constant merges, like US Airways acquiring American Airlines, another one has happened. I’m not that happy about this one.?The app Mailbox, which helps me organize my email, is merging into Dropbox, an app that makes sharing pictures and files?easier. I like both these apps, so why am?I?not?happy?
It’s my fear that this merging is going to ruin the quality of both?Dropbox and Mailbox. I guess Dropbox has that power; this young company is worth $4?billion dollars, has 100 million users, and only 250 employees, most of whom look under 35. But according to Mailbox’s website, in just a?month’s time,??they’ve grown to process about 60 million emails…a day! I know what some of you are going to say…One company organizes email. The other one brings documents, files?and pictures anywhere. This should be a great merger, right?
Not so fast. Dropbox is going to have to drop approximately $100 million dollars in cash and assets to make this merger happen. This money could have been spent making Dropbox, the Dropbox they already have, better. It’s going to take a while for these companies to feel each other out. In this fast pace technological ‘get it done yesterday’ world, people need their emails and docs organized now. And I wonder how many jobs will be lost because of this merger, everybody’s tight lipped on that one. They’re always casualties to mergers. Am I being too paranoid about this? Is this really a good thing and I don’t see it? Am I wrong about this?