Now I don’t really have any real business experience of this kind, but it buffles me why Joyent bought TextDrive and not the other way around.

I understand the two companies share founders / owners /executives, so I make the assumption that this was a strategic decision, not a financial one. But TextDrive has a well known brand while no one knows Joyent (at least for now). It seems more logical to me for a hosting company to offer software products (Joyent’s products, Strongspace etc) than the other way around. Moreover Joyent’s products are still untried, so what happens if they don’t do well? Wouldn’t that hurt TextDrive’s name?

Anyway I guess these people know what they are doing, but I would like to read a better analysis on this.