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They should have thought about what could happen _before_ selling ARM. TBH seeing them crying is sad and pathetic.

esperent 6y ago
Who is "them" in your scenario? The entire British public? They didn't get a say in the matter. It was a small group of politicians and business folk. And as always, they are not the ones crying now because they made bank in the deal, no doubt.
- TulliusCicero 6y ago
  Well, collectively they did vote for the conservatives, who are exactly for this kind of thing.
  - esperent 6y ago
    * Shadow organisations backed by US billionaires pumping hundred of millions of dollars into misinformation campaigns. * The Murdoch news empire which basically does the same thing. * Russia backed misinformation campaigns. * Decades of mismanagement of education. ... and probably lots more that I don't know about since I'm not from the UK. Blaming the misled and uneducated masses for this kind of thing just doesn't work.
- fluffything 6y ago
  The ARM co-founder that's complaining in this story about how the people they sold their ARM shares to are not respecting their feelings by re-selling ARM to the highest bidder? Not sure how much money they made selling their stake on the company, but if Wikipedia's valuation for Acorn and ARM are correct, can't be more than a couple of million dollars. Those shares would be worth many billions of dollars today. --- Why do you think the brits have anything to do with anything? If ARM ends up being bought by NVIDIA, that would actually be this Hermann Hauser's guy fault for selling ARM for pocket change. Complaining that their buyer's buyer's buyer now wants to make money with those shares by selling them to the highest bidder is sad. If ARM was so important to him, then maybe they shouldn't have sold their stake on it in the first place... Making a show about it now is like complaining that your ex that you dumped now has a new boyfriend.

Who is "them" in your scenario? The entire British public? They didn't get a say in the matter. It was a small group of politicians and business folk. And as always, they are not the ones crying now because they made bank in the deal, no doubt.

TulliusCicero 6y ago
Well, collectively they did vote for the conservatives, who are exactly for this kind of thing.
- esperent 6y ago
  * Shadow organisations backed by US billionaires pumping hundred of millions of dollars into misinformation campaigns. * The Murdoch news empire which basically does the same thing. * Russia backed misinformation campaigns. * Decades of mismanagement of education. ... and probably lots more that I don't know about since I'm not from the UK. Blaming the misled and uneducated masses for this kind of thing just doesn't work.
fluffything 6y ago
The ARM co-founder that's complaining in this story about how the people they sold their ARM shares to are not respecting their feelings by re-selling ARM to the highest bidder? Not sure how much money they made selling their stake on the company, but if Wikipedia's valuation for Acorn and ARM are correct, can't be more than a couple of million dollars. Those shares would be worth many billions of dollars today. --- Why do you think the brits have anything to do with anything? If ARM ends up being bought by NVIDIA, that would actually be this Hermann Hauser's guy fault for selling ARM for pocket change. Complaining that their buyer's buyer's buyer now wants to make money with those shares by selling them to the highest bidder is sad. If ARM was so important to him, then maybe they shouldn't have sold their stake on it in the first place... Making a show about it now is like complaining that your ex that you dumped now has a new boyfriend.