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Amazon expanded into Europe by buying up it's 'clones' in other languages, so this might work out well. Facebook chose to translate and expand by itself instea

by danw 18y ago

Amazon expanded into Europe by buying up it's 'clones' in other languages, so this might work out well. Facebook chose to translate and expand by itself instead of purchasing local clones. I guess the difference is amazon was buying shipping and warehousing.

electromagnetic 18y ago
Amazon had physical assets it needed to acquire, at best Facebook needs a data center, however a 'clone' is unlikely to have one worth the money.
- danw 18y ago
  Exactly. Buying a facebook clone would be for the user base.
  - sachinag 18y ago
    StudiVZ had an exit - just not to Facebook. There are many exits as long as you have users.
    - danw 18y ago
      I didn't know StudiVZ had made an exit, thanks for pointing that out. To a publishing company too, very forward thinking.