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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by derangedHorse on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:01AM (#27757212)
It's probably included because of the sky-high salaries they offer since FAANG is typically an acronym used to refer to top software companies to work for. From what I've heard from friends, Microsoft typically pays the least out of all the companies that make up the acronym and their technologies are also seen as less trendy than the other companies listed.
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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by saurik on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:45AM (#27757474)
I had always heard Apple as the outlier for low salaries, not Microsoft.

https://medium.com/@paysa/tech-salaries-who-pays-more-micros...

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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by ma2rten on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:08AM (#27757256)
That is not the origin of the term. It was coined by Jim Cramer for fast growing stocks.
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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by koolba on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @01:26AM (#27757717)
And before that he had his “four horsemen”: https://www.barrons.com/articles/BL-TB-5933

(Note this article is from Jan of 2008): > In today's trading, all four stocks are down steeply: Apple: Down $26.65, or 17.1%, to $128.99. Amazon: Down $7.56, or 9.6%, to $70.92. Google: Down $48.15, or 8.2%, to $536.20. Research In Motion: Down $8.47, or 9.4%, to $81.61.

Even writing off RIMM to zero would give you a healthy return through 2021.

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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by iseanstevens on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @02:51AM (#27758145)
Is that accounting for splits? Apple (for example) has split 28:1 since that time, making the equivalent price today around 4K/share.
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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by jannes on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @04:00AM (#27758561)
He was quoting the article, but he messed up the formatting so it’s not very obvious that “today” refers to 13 years ago.
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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by square_usual on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:08AM (#27757250)
That's why Microsoft isn't in the acronym!
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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by sand500 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @01:17AM (#27757663)
MS pays less than Amazon?
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Re:How useful was the Netflix Prize challenge for Netflix? by amelius on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @03:14AM (#27758281)
How can Microsoft be less trendy if they publish way more research?
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