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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by greedo on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:47AM (#15500118)
Who's to say the next horseman won't resist the advances from the big Four? Zuckerberg retained control for a long time, and it's not inconceivable that the Next Big Thing won't get acquihired.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by mholmes680 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:52AM (#15500180)
everything has a price, no? especially a public company with shareholder voting rights...
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go away withi... by uiri on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:22PM (#15500447)
I think Snapchat is a good example. The founder(s) still have a controlling interest in the company (or they did up until the IPO, at least). They want to build a company rather than sell it off. That's why they IPO'd, for instance.
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