Instead of buying up rivals, many startup companies these days like Twitter for example, simply wait until a third-party application becomes popular, then develop their own version.
Now this is just speculation here, but it appears based on a number of recent domain registrations by Dropbox such as Dbstatic.com, that the company may be planning to develop its own static website tool instead of buying up DropPages, a service that allows you to create static websites using your Dropbox account. DropPages was created as a side project by Dave McDermid, a developer who works for headscape as a .NET developer.
On September 21, 2011, Dropbox Inc. registered the following domain names: dbstatic.com, dbstatic.net, and dbstatic.org.
Here’s a look at the Whois record for Dbstatic.com.
Registrant:
Domain Administrator
Dropbox, Inc.
760 Market St Suite #1150
San Francisco CA 94102
US
Domain Name: dbstatic.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator
Dropbox, Inc.
760 Market St Suite #1150
San Francisco CA 94102
US
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Domain Administrator
Dropbox, Inc.
760 Market St Suite #1150
San Francisco CA 94102
US
Created on…………..: 2011-09-21.
Expires on…………..: 2013-09-21.
Record last updated on..: 2011-09-21.