The highly discussed rumor that Six Apart was to buy LiveJournal has been confirmed by Brad Fitzpatrick, the current owner and founder of LiveJournal. In his post he answers many of the questions I had by essentially saying that LiveJournal will stay the same and seperate from other Six Apart products besides improvements in areas such as user interface. He also assures the LiveJournal users that he has throughouly evaluated the people at Six Apart for evilness and feels that this is a positive move for both parties.
I tend to agree. However, there are of course people who disagree as witnessed in the comments on his announcement. (Including such articulate gems as one user noting that he has slit his throat because of this.) I totally understand the fear that Live Journal has sold out and will as a result lose some of what made it good in many people's eyes. Yet, Brad reassures everyone pretty well that the things people like about Live Journal are going to remain intact, and the current Six Apart products will not get too meddled with LiveJournal. In addition, if LiveJournal was to be bought by any company, I think Six Apart is the best fit as they truly understand blogging.