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Re:SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrus... by Havoc on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:41AM (#25893369)
You can get better money if you sell a strategic asset as a whole rather than throwing it onto the public market & all the red tape, PR and control dilution that entails
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Re:SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrus... by michaelt on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:55AM (#25893517)
ARM is 100% equipped to deal with red tape and PR; it was public until 2016 when SoftBank brought it.
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Re:SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrus... by Havoc on Sunday January 24, 2021 @08:07PM (#25897909)
Note quite what I meant.

In this context being private is a huge advantage. Less filings and less shareholders and less publicity gives you a lot more room to manoeuvre.

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Re:SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrus... by wyuenho on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:55PM (#25894034)
The problem right now is this strategic asset is so strategic for everyone, Softbank can't sell it to any single entity unless there's some guarantee of ARM's continued independence and impartiality.
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