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While true, it's not particularly relevant. When you acquire a company you're taking on its liabilities along with its assets.
by CydeWeys 6y ago
While true, it's not particularly relevant. When you acquire a company you're taking on its liabilities along with its assets.
- steveklabnik 6y agoThere's a line in here that says "In the 1990s, Oracle created a programming language called Java." that is funny on its face, but is written this way for the exact reason you're talking about.
- reikonomusha 6y agoTo their credit, they are explicit (in a footnote I believe) about equating Sun and Oracle.
- steveklabnik 6y agoYes, it is one of the first footnotes.
- syshum 6y agoBut the comment was not really about liabilities, but even in that context I think the history is still relevant. Rewriting history the way we do in the context has all kinds of problems associated with it