Automattic (The company behind Wordpress) has acquired IntenseDebate. IntenseDebate is a blog commenting plugin that works on almost every blogging platform. Automattic also acquired Gravatar in 2007 and BuddyPress in early 2008.
Apart from a commenting system, IntenseDebate also includes profiles for commenters and spam control. Some of IntenseDebate’s competitors are JS-Kit, SezWho, and Disqus, all of which have a very similar feature set.
Related articles around the web:
TechCrunch - Automattic Has Acquired IntenseDebate’s Enhanced Comment System
RedWriteWeb - Automattic Acquires Comment Plugin IntenseDebate
WebWare - Automattic acquires IntenseDebate for better blog comments
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