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Re:VMware Acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B by tru3_power on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:20PM (#20774283)
Can anyone here chime in and explain what the purpose is of this?
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Re:VMware Acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B by y2kenny on Thursday August 22, 2019 @11:36PM (#20774335)
The fixed line break probably make reading difficult on a small, narrow, variable width screen such as mobile.
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Re:VMware Acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B by mcnichol on Friday August 23, 2019 @06:45AM (#20776181)
The 21st century equivalent of "Who's on First"
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Re:VMware Acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B by techpop10 on Sunday August 25, 2019 @08:45AM (#20792647)
Ultimately, this transfers shares to Dell that, most likely, provides liquidity that could be used to pay a little bit of their massive debt ($56B) that is choking them. Dell is in financial trouble. See https://seekingalpha.com/article/4278101-dell-technologies-m...
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Re:VMware Acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B by dmix on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:06AM (#20774437)
The stock arrangement?
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