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Offtopic: The 4th big is twitter? I thought it was Microsoft. I also thought that there are at least a dozen companies above twitter as far big goes in any poss
by atmosx 10y ago
Offtopic: The 4th big is twitter? I thought it was Microsoft. I also thought that there are at least a dozen companies above twitter as far big goes in any possible sense (revenue, salaries, dev happiness, etc.).
- dozzie 10y ago> The 4th big is twitter? I thought it was Microsoft. I don't know, maybe it was Microsoft. I haven't put much thought about what is "the big four". To me, they all fall into the same bucket: big, computers, mostly US.
- pyb 10y agoThere is not a 'big 4' in tech, despite increasingly widespread use of the term.
- regulation_d 10y agoright? I was like, "hmm, I guess we're talking about accounting firms today on HN. oh wait. wat."
- j4_james 10y agoAccording to Wikipedia it's Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple [1]. But I have also seen Microsoft substituted for Apple in other references. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four
- orky56 10y agoThe top companies by market cap today are: 1. Apple 2. Alphabet 3. Microsoft 4. Berkshire Hathaway 5. Exxon Mobile 6. Amazon 7. Facebook If we're going by impact on tech, opportunities for software development, etc., it could potentially be different. http://dogsofthedow.com/largest-companies-by-market-cap.htm http://dogsofthedow.com/largest-companies-by-market-cap.htm