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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by scottyah on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:42AM (#27196175)
Eastern companies like yamaha and hyaundai. dirtbikes to pianos, cars to housing
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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by dehrmann on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:18PM (#27196861)
> dirtbikes to pianos

Yamaha's logo is three tuning forks. Always cracks me up seeing that on a dirtbike.

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by sehugg on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:25PM (#27197022)
Motorcycles have forks too, but if they resonate at 440 Hz you have got issues...
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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by orky56 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:19PM (#27197909)
Good point. The Korean Chaebol [1] is all about the conglomerate.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by ksec on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:50PM (#27200106)
>Relatedly, Amazon has to be one of the most diverse corporations ever.

That is the exact problem Steve Yegge described [1]. Americans has a world view that equals to America. Amazon doesn't even compare with Samsung in vertical integration.

And in terms of diversity, it doesn't even need to be Korea Chaebol, dozens of other East Asia conglomerate are way more diverse than Amazon.

[1] https://steve-yegge.medium.com/hurricane-china-how-to-prepar...

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by mattnewton on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:11PM (#27196722)
That was my first thought, specifically the South Korean Chaebols like Samsung
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