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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by mattnewport on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:48AM (#18076484)
That's not the issue, the issue is whether assurances that were made to them, with or without some legal backing, could be trusted. Companies can be motivated by profit and still be honest.
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by scarface74 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:24AM (#18076886)
What if the person who made the promise to you even in good faith later was overruled by the board/shareholders, etc?

You should never “trust” anyone who you do business with outside of a contract.

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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by johannes1234321 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:19PM (#18079333)
If they don't have the support from their stakeholders they shouldn't give such a promise.

In this specific case Mark Zuckerberg holds controlling amount of the stock.

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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by scarface74 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @04:13PM (#18079820)
In corporate America, you always get support as long as things are going well. As soon as things go badly, people look for scapegoats.

I’ve had a manager before who supported everything I was doing but when he was let go, I was left hanging in the wind. I’ve slso had a manager who wouldn’t listen to me (I was the Dev lead), everything failed in just the way I warned it would and I could see he was going to blame me.

Never trust a company - and by extension your manager who represents the company to his reports.

That’s about like the people who trust HR.

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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by johannes1234321 on Friday September 28, 2018 @10:31AM (#18093656)
There is a difference between a low tier manager telling stuff on day to day business and negotiations during a multi billion acquisition.
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by scarface74 on Sunday September 30, 2018 @07:39PM (#18109076)
Well, looking at what happened with WhatsApp, there isn’t too much of a difference...
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