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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by wutbrodo on Friday February 09, 2018 @04:58PM (#16344205)
I would imagine that weakening a competitor in their space would be decently correlated with expected return for shareholders. Not sure where you got the idea that the only benefit would be "personal".
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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by whack on Friday February 09, 2018 @05:03PM (#16344237)
Sure, but I have a hard time imagining that "what happened to Levandowski and Kalanick", as individuals, is going to weaken Uber in the marketplace. If anything, going from Kalanick to Khosrowshahi might have actually helped Uber in the long run.
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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by kelnos on Friday February 09, 2018 @05:43PM (#16344495)
Yeah, I agree with this. Both Levandowski and Kalanick seem to be incredibly toxic people; removing or lessening their influence on Uber, and replacing them with decent people, would only seem to strengthen Uber's position and reputation going forward.
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Re:Uber and Waymo Reach Settlement by chrononaut on Friday February 09, 2018 @06:14PM (#16344647)
Which interestingly circles back to another comment that was made:

> a settlement that requires Uber to do very well to have any value.

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