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Lesson: Don't turn down an offer from Google. They buy because they want in the space.
by izak30 16y ago
Lesson: Don't turn down an offer from Google. They buy because they want in the space.
- code_duck 16y agoThis behavior is essentially what Microsoft did from 1985-2000. Companies that turned down offers saw their software cloned within 2 years, and sold at a discount or bundled with other MS products.
- loewenskind 16y agoExactly. I can't wait until some YC companies start being at the receiving end of this behavior so the insane level of Google worship on this site can finally go away.
- petervandijck 16y agoClassic embrace and extend (or embrace and make cheaper).
- brown9-2 16y agoI wouldn't be so quick to cede things to them. How many other areas have they entered recently and killed, especially ones that are fundamentally non-technology based?
- izak30 16y agoSure, that all depends on what you want out of the business.