Google acquires Jotspot

Hot on the heels of Google's acquisition of You Tube, wiki software company Jotspot has become the latest addition to the Google empire.

Here's Jotspot co-founder Joe Kraus announcing the deal on Google blog.

"It’s obvious to anyone following developments in the Web 2.0 arena that Google is building a suite of collaborative office tools, and as much as Google’s moves are viewed as potential competition for Microsoft Office, I think Google is focused on building office tools that are very different from those found in Microsoft Office because the common thread linking them all is collaboration," writes Stewart Mader in his write-up of a podcast he did with Kraus about the deal. Kraus told Mader that Google was attracted to JotSpot because the JotSpot wiki fits in well with its current lineup (Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Apps for Your Domain).

The initial information about this deal dropped into my email box because I have two JotSpot accounts (one I set up to find out what the software was about, and one I set up for a client of mine to enable me to collaborate more effectively with colleagues in other countries).

Update 1/11: here's Reuters on the acquisition.