Welcome to the old boys network, same as it ever was. This isn't marketing, its corruption. The advantage of "knowing the right people" in this case was probabl

Welcome to the old boys network, same as it ever was. This isn't marketing, its corruption. The advantage of "knowing the right people" in this case was probably half of some of these companies value. You can say its always been that way and you'd be right, but I think its wrong, and ultimately bad for both customers and people who are forced to work with poor and broken tools.