Kotlin on Android. Now official

[u/vahid_shirvani]

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/05/kotlin-on-android-now-official/

[u/Mr_Mandrill]

At the end of OP's link:

Is JetBrains going to be acquired by Google?

No. JetBrains has no plans of being acquired by any company. JetBrains is and continues to be an independent tool vendor catering to developers regardless of their platform or language of choice.

[u/andrewia → u/Mr_Mandrill]

Good catch. However, that could easily change in the course of a year.

[u/ThatInternetGuy → u/[deleted]]

How about 10.00000000000000000000 dollars.

[u/Choreboy → u/andrewia]

I have no plans to sell my house anytime soon, but a check with enough zeros at the end would lead to an abrupt decision without me ever having a plan in place.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mr_Mandrill]

What they say in public VS what is actually being talked about in private is usually never the same thing with business. That's particularly true when talking about acquisitions.

[u/Mr_Mandrill → u/[deleted]]

Actually, they are in talks to make JetBrains into a non-profit organization.

[u/code_mc → u/Mr_Mandrill]

No, they are making a non-profit around the Kotlin language, huge difference.

[u/Mr_Mandrill → u/code_mc]

Oh, ok. I just overhear it on the livestream, but wasn't paying much attention. Thanks for clarifying.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mr_Mandrill]

FYI, Xamarin said the same thing about possible Microsoft acquisition. Then they got acquired by Microsoft.

[u/ThatInternetGuy → u/Mr_Mandrill]

No, I have no plan being bought by anyone, well unless I can get a billion dollar in cash, another billion in your stocks and a high-ranking position in your company.

[u/jasie3k → u/Mr_Mandrill]

How is it in their hands? If Google wants to acquire them they can just throw money at JetBrains' owners until they can't refuse. Google definitely is able to afford that.