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> Netscape got bought out by AOL That makes it sound like Netscape had no say in the matter. Netscape sold itself to AOL.
by collinmanderson 6y ago
> Netscape got bought out by AOL
That makes it sound like Netscape had no say in the matter. Netscape sold itself to AOL.
- Talanes 6y ago"Bought out" is a common enough way to describe any company sale. "Sold itself" introduces way more unnecessary sub-textual baggage just by being a more unusual construction.