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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by FullMtlAlcoholc on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:47PM (#14528606)
Typically, isnt the largest expense for a tech company payroll? Companies like the big 5 may be anomalies because they operate a number of their own data centers
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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by l5870uoo9y on Saturday June 10, 2017 @03:52PM (#14528893)
To my knowledge and you are exempt for expensive industrial equipment. Now you have a sitation where Whatsapp is more worth than a big global enterprise like Sony, but haven't required nowhere near the same amount of workers or capital.
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