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Re:Sad reality: It's cheaper to get hacked than build strong... by peterbonney on Friday September 23, 2016 @08:47AM (#12564123)
Sure. But all the things Gmail offered were things that probably looked like lousy investments to Yahoo. Why offer more storage? Why have better spam filtering? Why have better security? It all costs money!!!

The point is only looking at actual cost, not opportunity cost.

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Re:Sad reality: It's cheaper to get hacked than build strong... by richmarr on Friday September 23, 2016 @12:54PM (#12566040)
Yep. Good clarification.
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