Big companies are very bad at developing new software. That's why it's so common for successful software startups to eventually get acquired. Big companies kno

Big companies are very bad at developing new software. That's why it's so common for successful software startups to eventually get acquired. Big companies know that it's a lot more efficient for them to spend money simply buying someone who did the thing, than spending money and taking on a bunch of risk trying to do the thing themselves.