Re:Carbonite To Be Acquired by OpenText for $1.4B
by sokoloff on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @08:39PM
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The definitions I found across several dictionaries (after looking just now) all amounted to something like:
> the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.
When an intended effect of a for-profit company is profit and a combination of two companies becomes more profitable (has a greater total intended effect) as a result of the combination, how is that altogether different?
Re:Carbonite To Be Acquired by OpenText for $1.4B
by TeMPOraL on Thursday December 05, 2019 @06:56AM
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Because the definition of "synergy" doesn't contain the part where you start firing people and closing departments to deduplicate jobs done in the now merged companies.
> the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.
When an intended effect of a for-profit company is profit and a combination of two companies becomes more profitable (has a greater total intended effect) as a result of the combination, how is that altogether different?