Network Solutions Acquired By General Atlantic

[buzzsaw]

We’re just getting news that domain name registrat (the original one) Network Solutions has been acquired by General Atlantic, a private equity firm. The price hasn’t been disclosed, but it will be leaking soon.Network Solutions was the original domain name registrar and was part of Verisign until it was spun off in 2003. Since that [...]

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[Hell Puppy]

We’re just getting news that domain name registrat (the original one) Network Solutions has been acquired by General Atlantic, a private equity firm. The price hasn’t been disclosed, but it will be leaking soon.Network Solutions was the original domain name registrar and was part of Verisign until it was spun off in 2003. Since that [...]

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Yawn....

They blew it long ago. The carcass is being traded for pennies.

[TheEnforcer]

Hmmm.. will be interesting to see the price....

[Jace]

Hmmm.. will be interesting to see the price....

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/06/network-solutions-acquired-by-general-atlantic/

Update: As I suspected, the price is leaking all over the place. The rumor is this was an $800 million deal.