U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech business

Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by dntbnmpls on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:13PM (#23435483)

To be fair, there was a time when MSFT was small compared to AAPL.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by bashinator on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:55AM (#23436930)

Are you talking about the early-to-mid '80s, when they were both microscopic compared to anything today? Not really a valid comparison.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by scarface74 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:17PM (#23440206)

Until 1992. Apple had a larger market cap than Microsoft.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by dntbnmpls on Saturday June 06, 2020 @07:35PM (#23443311)

> Are you talking about the early-to-mid '80s

No. Microsoft didn't IPO until 1986. So after the mid 80s to the early 90s.

> when they were both microscopic compared to anything today?

Well, both apple and microsoft were "microscopic" in the 90s compared to what they are now. But still apple was the star tech company of the 80s and microsoft was the star tech company of the 90s.

> Not really a valid comparison.

It actually is if we are being honest. But that wasn't my point. Was just pointing out that once Apple was the big success compared to microsoft because microsoft became the big success. But you can cherrypick dates to fit whatever narrative you wish.

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