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This. Whenever I see mergers between already large companies in the tech sector, I'm baffled the regulators give the green light.
by Rinzler89 2y ago
This. Whenever I see mergers between already large companies in the tech sector, I'm baffled the regulators give the green light.
- dehrmann 2y agoDo you have any recent examples of this? I'm having hard time coming up with recent large mergers and acquisitions in tech. The best I've got is Broadcom buying VMware, but VMware is mid-sized and in decline.
- linotype 2y agoThe hundreds of acquisitions of startups made every year by Apple, Google and Microsoft for example.
- Rinzler89 2y agoNXP and Freescale. How is VMware mid sized? By what standards?
- goldfishgold 2y agoActivision and Microsoft. Square and Afterpay. Salesforce and Slack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_mergers_and_acquisitions#2020s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_mergers_and_ac... VMware was also an enormous deal. $61b.
- linotype 2y agoSlack was crazy. Aside from huddles I can’t think of a single feature I’ve used that they’ve added since their acquisition by Salesforce. Like what are they doing with so many people? (I know that’s a trope, but seriously…)