>Which begs the question: why buy it? he spent half a year in court trying to get out the deal, and lost. so you probably shouldn't assume actually buying twit

>Which begs the question: why buy it? he spent half a year in court trying to get out the deal, and lost. so you probably shouldn't assume actually buying twitter was really his plan. he bought a smaller stake first to get some influence and then offered to buy the rest when it didn't buy him the influence he hoped it would, presumably with no intention of following through. then the board called his bluff.