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> Should we celebrate acquisitions? [...] everyone congratulates everyone else Are they? Postmark didn't mention anything about celebrating or congratulating.
by libria 4y ago
> Should we celebrate acquisitions? [...] everyone congratulates everyone else
Are they? Postmark didn't mention anything about celebrating or congratulating. They did say they were "excited [...] Postmark will [...] become even better". And it took "nearly a year of soul searching and questioning" so it seems more introspective than the champagne popping party the blogger seems to have inferred. I think they're carrying more cynicism into this than is actually there.
Unless you're naive, there's strong incentive by the parent company to ensure customers are placated so things are spun as a success for that reason. Is the blogger questioning the function of Public Relations/marketing?
Because, it's a thing, ya know?
- gonehome 4y agoWhen slack was acquired by salesforce everyone (that I remember) on HN and Twitter were congratulating each other rather than recognizing it (imo) as a failure to compete and a mediocre outcome. Pair that with their full page ad they took out mocking Microsoft and teams (then slack sued because teams was crushing them) and it was even worse. If you’re going to copy apple’s marketing you probably should be just as good.