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Re:Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S. by sirspacey on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:30PM (#24465746)
True, but they have both operated independently & incredibly successfully with full support from Microsoft’s leadership. If TikTok had a future, it was at Microsoft.
Re:Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S. by cwyers on Sunday September 13, 2020 @09:36PM (#24465794)
And Microsoft has a pretty successful consumer products division -- not the cash cow that enterprise sales are to them, but they do have consumer products. Including the Xbox division, which targets a lot of the market that TikTok does. Exactly what direct-to-consumer business targeting people in their teens/early 20s does Oracle have?
Re:Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S. by ethbr0 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:01PM (#24466005)
> Exactly what direct-to-consumer business targeting people in their teens/early 20s does Oracle have?

Ah, but therein lies the genius of the purchase.

In 40 years, the current TikTok userbase will be technology-hating, risk-adverse VPs -- a prime Oracle demographic.

They're just getting in early.

Re:Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S. by HeWhoLurksLate on Monday September 14, 2020 @12:48AM (#24466850)
Speaking of which, I remember when my friends thought Minecraft was going to die because Microsoft bought Mojang.
Re:Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S. by HeWhoLurksLate on Monday September 14, 2020 @12:45AM (#24466836)
Speaking of which, I remember when I thought Minecraft andead because Microsoft bought them.d Mojang were