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And why is this a bad thing? I don't see why it makes a difference if the company continues to exist on it's own or as part of another company.
by ma2rten 15y ago
And why is this a bad thing? I don't see why it makes a difference if the company continues to exist on it's own or as part of another company.
- gaius 15y agoBecause it's a zero-sum game.
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- wmf 15y agoTrue. I think the point is more that these companies made no profits while they were independent and then continued to make no profits after they were acquired; thus in retrospect the acquirers must have overpaid.
- ma2rten 15y agoExcept that this line of reasoning assumes that the people who run the acquiring company are morons. This is quite a strong assumption to make without any further evidence. I think neither of us knows enough about HP's fiances to make that claim (I presume you were talking about Opsware).