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It's really not a rare phrase. If you Google: site:businessesforsale.com "going concern" you get 16,400 hits. Just on that one site. I can understand that one
by phaemon 9y ago
It's really not a rare phrase. If you Google:
site:businessesforsale.com "going concern"
you get 16,400 hits. Just on that one site. I can understand that one person might not have come across it, but when it's so many folk on a site like HN where you'd expect people to have an interest in businesses...I truly find it a little bizarre.
- gue5t 9y agoDespite many claims to the contrary (and the obvious fact that businesspeople run HN), this is a site for hackers, not businesspeople or corporate shills. I'm on the hacker side of this culture war and didn't understand the term.
- RandomOpinion 9y agoAny hacker who's employed, whether self- or by another, should be very, very interested in the business health of their employer since it directly affects their compensation and possibly their continued employment. Hacking cool technology might be interesting but it's the business that pays the bills. Failing to perceive when your employer or business unit ceases to be a going concern will result in some very unpleasant surprises.
- gue5t 9y agoPeople with any (or no) job are hackers as long as they enjoy making computers do new, exciting things. This article is relevant to hackers insofar as the scarcity of hard drives affects them. I don't think every article about a business closing belongs on HN just in case a hacker works there.
- gwright 9y agohttps://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/