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It’s certainly fair to consider nefarious reasons, but it’s also important to consider less interesting reasons, like Kodak already (historically) dealing heavi
by ethagknight 6y ago
It’s certainly fair to consider nefarious reasons, but it’s also important to consider less interesting reasons, like Kodak already (historically) dealing heavily with chemical production and Oracle making a bid to pivot and stay relevant. Who else might want to pay the most for TikTok US? From FAANG, only Facebook seems like a fit but Facebook won’t pay “market” rate for TikTok because they already have Reels, Microsoft and AANG don’t seem like fits. Outside of those, it’s some private equity group but they would need to spin up an operation around actually running and developing TikTok, that’s complicated.
Or it could all just be sweetheart deals.
- emteycz 6y agoHow is Oracle a better fit than Microsoft? At least Microsoft deals with customers and not only businesses.
- bgorman 6y agoIt is a better fit because they can pay the most.
- Phillips126 6y agoI believe Microsoft is a far better fit than Oracle. Microsoft already has products that appeal to younger customers: Minecraft, Xbox, several game studios, etc. What does Oracle currently offer the younger market?
- wtf_is_up 6y agoMSFT has business interests in China and ORCL doesn't.
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- __MatrixMan__ 6y agoGithub is a social network, and Microsoft hasn't manged to screw it up yet.
- Nexxxeh 6y agoWhat's the N, is it a typo from an Avatar fan?
- jdminhbg 6y ago'N' in FAANG is Netflix. They're tech-adjacent for sure, but they're mostly just in there so that the acronym isn't offensive.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoMicrosoft has consistently been in the top three companies by market cap — whereas Netflix is basically nowhere to be found — but I guess FAAMG just isn’t as cool!
- treis 6y agoNetflix pays engineers a lot and presents an interesting technology challenge. But you're right. They're actually a pretty amazing story. Burned 10 billion in the last 5 years and probably at least double that over their life. And they're on their third business model at this point with the first two having, more or less, failed.
- rsynnott 6y agoI think MS was more or less at its nadir when the acronym first showed up.
- tylerchilds 6y agoGAFAM has been used when MS is swapped for Netflix. One could also drop Facebook and have MAGA.
- slowmoshii 6y agoMAGAFN in fact is the preferred nomenclature. Make America Great as f--, now substituted with "not" depending on the current zietgeist.
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- likpok 6y agoI suspect that FB would pay a lot for tiktok, as reels is probably too early to have traction. The whole antitrust investigation will a) make it skittish and b) make government regulators unlikely to approve the deal. Consider that people are pushing FB to divest instagram, something it has invested a ton in post-acquisition! Do you think the DOJ would allow FB to buy another giant social network?
- solarkraft 6y ago> like Kodak already (historically) dealing heavily with chemical production This baffles me. What's left over? Has that business not been dead for decades, so what relevant asset would they still have? Machinery? Supply chain? Knowledgeable people? Seems like all of it should be long gone.
- MaxLeiter 6y agoKodak still employs hundreds (or maybe thousands) of engineers, and has made substantial investments in the machinery required. https://www.kodak.com/en/advanced-materials/home https://www.kodak.com/en/advanced-materials/home