Re:Google Creates Alphabet, but Runs into BMW
by coldcode on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @02:37PM
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Still seems stupid to not at least try to buy the facebook+domain name and the twitter handle @alphabet. I bet the twitter owner would love to part with it for a few million. Even BMW might be amenable to enough scratch.
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Re:Google Creates Alphabet, but Runs into BMW
by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @03:04PM
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> Still seems stupid to not at least try to buy the facebook+domain name and the twitter handle @alphabet.
Why? AFAICT, the whole point of Alphabet, Inc. is to maintain common ownership while reducing the visible ties between the various components. I don't see Alphabet qua Alphabet being the focal point of PR efforts, so why do they need those kind of public-facing identities?
> I bet the twitter owner would love to part with it for a few million. Even BMW might be amenable to enough scratch.
And I bet Alphabet, Inc., is happy keeping the money and letting the current owners keep the Facebook and Twitter identities, the Alphabet.com domain name, etc.
Sure, they could spend money buying everything in existence that has the word "Alphabet" associated with it -- but why?