Are they trying to kill cricinfo.com??
31 October 2008
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I have been religiously trying to visit www.cricinfo.com for the last 3 days, and the site just refuses to open!
I have seen this problem surfacing again and again ever since it was bought over by espnstar.com….are they trying to kill the site, in the hope visitors come to www.espnstar.com instead?
Foolish, i must say. The Coca Cola company tried desperately to kill the Thums Up brand…and what do we have? Years after the takeover, Thums Up continues to remain India's highest selling aerated drinks brand…
So my request to you, espnstar.com, do something about the site you have so famously bought. As we love that site.
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Dear Puneet,
I visited cricinfo after visiting your post and it was working fine, I am not sure if your proxy/firewell is creating any problem…:)
I am not defending either ESPN & Coke, but I have seen hundred times Akshay Kumar's TV ads for Thums-up, I am not sure based on which facts have you written your facts.
Normally I have seen after acquisition, companies do a proper gap analysis between their existing services and acquired products/services and this process take time, in which people think that parent company is trying to kill acquired company. It doesn't happen that way my dear, they buy it to make money, not to kill.
Cheers!!
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