MacAskill declined to disclose the price of the deal, but said the company will keep Flickr as an independent and free website.
So what's the vision for Flickr 2.0?
It's too early to tell what, if anything, will change about Flickr's core service and functionality. But MacAskill did say that SmugMug doesn't want to upend the community on Flickr nor get rid of the photos currently on it. He instead wants to invest in it.
