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Re:Trump Says He’s Approved Oracle Deal for U.S. TikTok Oper... by hienyimba on Saturday September 19, 2020 @07:35PM (#24530992)
- 25,000 jobs.

- $5billion Educational fund.

- 20% ownership by Oracle and Walmart.

- Access to codebase by Oracle.

- Opportunity for Oracle and Walmart to increase stake by further 20% pre-IPO.

- New HQ in Texas, US.

I know that people in the US likes to criticize Trump a lot but he sure has his merits and this is one of them.

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Re:Trump Says He’s Approved Oracle Deal for U.S. TikTok Oper... by xvector on Sunday September 20, 2020 @12:16AM (#24531854)
Merits including forcibly nationalizing foreign IP under vague “national security” concerns?

Today it’s TikTok, tomorrow it will be Telegram.

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