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Not necessarily undo MS, but rather that the deal looks attractive but may actually not be any good. In other words, it could end up being one of those deals w
by blihp 6y ago
Not necessarily undo MS, but rather that the deal looks attractive but may actually not be any good. In other words, it could end up being one of those deals where a few years down the road MS has to write the purchase price off as a loss.
- torbital 6y agoGiven the opportunity though, it still seems like a risk well worth it. Businesses rarely (if ever) fail because of an acquisition gone wrong. But a acquisition gone right can have great returns. If Instagram flopped when Facebook bought it, Facebook would still be doing just fine. But since it did go well.. yeah. So I believe that it's still probably in the investor's best interest if MS does the deal even if it's only like a 35% chance that it isn't a complete failure.
- bobthepanda 6y agoI mean some of the biggest examples have been tech. AOL and Time Warner was a hot mess that destroyed both, for instance.
- scarface74 6y agoAOL would have been destroyed anyway. They were a dialup ISP who saw their time coming. They were smart to take their inflated stock price to buy a real asset. Of course they mismanaged it and it should have been a reverse takeover like Next/Apple.