Peter on DoubleClick

Peter has a perspective on the DoubleClick purchase by Google that few have: he was there before DoubleClick was founded.

Everyone always praises the management of a successfully Internet company. There’s a small club of CEOs that have managed to go from startup to create billions of dollars for their investors. You might know one or two or even catch a glimpse of them from time to time if you live in Silicon Valley. But there is an even smaller club of executives that have managed to create billions of dollars for investor twice from the same company. Enter DoubleClick.

Peter Adams Weblog - DoubleClick Sells to Google - Second Time is a Charm

And I totally agree with Jeremy Zawodny's opinion ("why doesn't microsoft just, you know... COMPETE instead of crying about it?") on Microsoft "urging review" of this deal. It's just fascinating to see Redmond try to use the Justice Department's anti-trust division as a weapon when they have been the victim (not enough by my measure) of that same division in recent years.