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> There's a reason there's no M in FAANG. Yeah, there's a very simple reason: the FAANG acronym was coined around 2013 when Microsoft was still in a rut, Ballm
by snovymgodym 1y ago
> There's a reason there's no M in FAANG.
Yeah, there's a very simple reason: the FAANG acronym was coined around 2013 when Microsoft was still in a rut, Ballmer was still CEO, and their stock was still down from its dot-com bubble peak.
- BlueTemplar 1y agoI'm pretty sure that at least part of the reason is that Netflix (despite being much less relevant) is in the Silicon Valley, while Microsoft is not. So this is specifically a Silicon Valley / Hacker News thing (notably relevant to lifestyle and employment issues). The rest of the world has been using GAFAM instead, even before 2013. (I've also seen "the big 5" sometimes.)
- BigGreenJorts 1y agoBut Amazon is also based in Washington
- BlueTemplar 1y agoThanks, uh, I am not sure how I missed that...