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What prevented Oracle, IBM et al to buy out Google, Facebook and Twitter ? Yahoo refused to buy Google.
by stackbutterflow 5y ago
What prevented Oracle, IBM et al to buy out Google, Facebook and Twitter ?
Yahoo refused to buy Google.
- ellinokon 5y agoNothing more than complacency, maybe? A mistake I think the newer batch of Big Tech is eager not to make.
- pegasus 5y agoAnd just there's the rub: everyone's eager not to be complacent... until they're not - at least historically speaking.
- watwut 5y agoAFAIK, Zuckerberg was systematically refusing ton sell. He wanted to keep the company.
- stackbutterflow 5y agoThen new entrepreneurs can also refuse to sell to faangs. Parent asked who is going to stop faangs to buy competitors.
- watwut 5y agoZuckerberg is outlier.