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To clarify, I wasn't trying to imply that they were responsible in any way. As you said, they aren't. Rather, I was saying that from their public statements an
by troydavis 6y ago
To clarify, I wasn't trying to imply that they were responsible in any way. As you said, they aren't.
Rather, I was saying that from their public statements and actions, they weren't satisfied with the outcome, and they may have been able to increase the chances that it looked like their vision (with essentially no tradeoff to them - they aren't going to spend the seventh billion, or probably even the third billion). As you said, no contract terms can guarantee an outcome, but terms could have increased the chances.
- dangus 6y agoI see I see. I wasn’t really aware they weren’t happy about it, perhaps I could have been less lazy and checked. All the more reason to never sell if you want to see out your vision. Facebook was certainly on the other end with acquisition offers not so long ago. I’m also not sure that acquiring companies tend to like to be dealing with too many restrictive terms. Any kind of purchase is going to compete against alternatives, including building your own.