It's a pity that Daniel Lewin isn't around for this, I'm sure that it would have been a very nice crown on his work.
to whoever saw fit to downvote this: I hope that people will still remember your name a decade after you die through no fault of your own when you co-found a company as successful as Akamai.
[Glad others have pointed out this acquisition is probably false rumor.]
Maybe if you're a startup being acquired by bigco, it is a feather in your hat. A bigco being acquired by another bigco is a failure for acquiree and not something to crown yourself about.
His legacy lives on in the Danny Lewin Best Student paper award at STOC, the premier theory conference. Here's a list of awardees: http://sigact.org/Prizes/Student/
to whoever saw fit to downvote this: I hope that people will still remember your name a decade after you die through no fault of your own when you co-found a company as successful as Akamai.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_M._Lewin
The man was a true hero as far as I'm concerned.