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Re:Docker Raises $23M by swyx on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:18PM (#26480713)
i'm not up on my political references; what does "pull an Andrew Yang" mean?
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Re:Docker Raises $23M by tw04 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:24PM (#26480792)
It has absolutely nothing to do with politics. Microsoft offered to acquire Yahoo for $44.6 billion dollars in 2008 [1]. Jerry* Yang turned them down claiming the offer "substantially undervalued" the company. 8 years later they sold to Verizon for $5 billion [2].

[1] https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-rejects-microsofts-bid/

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2016/07/25/yahoo-s...

*I incorrectly said Andrew Yang initially, my apologies for my bad memory and any confusion it may have caused. Thank you Hexcles for the correction.

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Re:Docker Raises $23M by Hexcles on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:28PM (#26480853)
I think that's Jerry Yang.
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Re:Docker Raises $23M by tw04 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:35PM (#26480948)
facepalm You are correct, I will update. That's what I get for trying to remember names from 12 years ago.
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Re:Docker Raises $23M by swyx on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:31PM (#26484068)
loll i was like "oh no what did Andrew Yang do"... as an asian and non american i was a casual fan of his but kinda knew he had no chance in the primaries. still.. maybe someday.. he's young
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Re:Docker Raises $23M by rusk on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:01PM (#26481319)
Ah hence the asterisk- I keep looking for a footnote!
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Re:Docker Raises $23M by skinnymuch on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:24AM (#26490072)
The Alibaba and Yahoo Japan stakes were included in Microsoft’s bid
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