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There are two possible outcomes for a publicly traded company that has figured out how to make a lot of money over a long period 1. Continue to accrete new rev
by AndrewKemendo 4y ago
There are two possible outcomes for a publicly traded company that has figured out how to make a lot of money over a long period
1. Continue to accrete new revenue sources and pivot slightly forever until you eventually do a bit of everything, "diversifying" to the point where you become in effect a small nation
2. Stick to your plan and go out of business
These are the two possible outcomes as a public company
- Spooky23 4y ago3 - Split up and create value. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc are offensive companies in that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Microsoft in particular is held back by having to support the platforms. Office as a standalone company would be worth more than Microsoft.
- noncoml 4y agoHave you tried Office lately? Feels like all coding is done by 14yo olds that just discovered programming. Also feature wise, why do I need a LinkedIn option on Excel. But that’s what you get when there is 0 competition. What we need in competition and anti-monopolistic policies. Not splitting up companies. For starts let’s get rid of the fucking patents for all software.