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Big companies are terrible at solving problems by throwing $millions at them. Depressing, but true.

• antirez 17y ago
  Then acquire a startup that is inside that business. Take it separated from yourself, but just provide enough money for them to continue working better, faster, with more people. Tell them what you need. Not interms of specifications, you as a big company are not good about it probably, everything will be too much formal and the resulting code will suck. Just tell your start up the final result, the user experience. I think this stuff is doable, just can't understand why companies don't do it. I mean if you are going to acquire a company and this is a successful company in its market this makes sense. But with Palm what they are getting is more or less only the technology and the people.
  • sans-serif 17y ago
    a.l.a. Facebook
  • inerte 17y ago
    Buying another company "instantly" transfer their assets/resources to you. The knowledgeable people, the patents, the deals with suppliers and clients, the brand. Even with what could be considered infinite money, it takes time to build a Palm (and then there's the risk).
    • sandipc 17y ago
      not to mention all the nice Palm IP that comes along with the Palm purchase