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Re:Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie by libria on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:55PM (#27280812)
I'm not sure they feel ashamed or should; USD 0.7 billion solves a lot of problems for the owners/employees.

What was your offer?

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Re:Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie by timdiggerm on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:59PM (#27280885)
You've conflated might with right, I think. It's pretty clear the comment you're replying to was not judging this on financial terms.
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Re:Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie by throwaway2048 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:18PM (#27281202)
I doubt it solves a lot of problems for the employees
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Re:Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie by duckfang on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:04PM (#27280979)
> I'm not sure they feel ashamed or should; USD 0.7 billion solves a lot of problems for the owners/employees.

Selling a company ALMOST NEVER benefits the employees.

It ALMOST ALWAYS benefits the owners who sell.

And giving the snarky AF comment of "What was your offer?" is asinine and you should be ashamed of even going there.

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Re:Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie by kragen on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:26PM (#27282899)
Most high-tech startups have a significant percentage of their stock held by their employees, though I don't know if that was the case here; Torrone's note about hackaday's history suggests otherwise.
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