Well -- search for "data domain". They make back their purchase price within 2 years of acquisition (and now making it back again almost every year). http://si

Well -- search for "data domain". They make back their purchase price within 2 years of acquisition (and now making it back again almost every year). http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/02/24/emc-and-data-domain-a-profitable-decision/ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/02/24/emc-and-data-domain-... My post was meant to encourage the OP to actually research acquisitions, as typing into ddg.gg "billion dollar acquisitions" returns results littered with successes.