Re:Twitter acquires Quill
by Alex3917 on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @01:13PM
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> It seems like it’s some property of Twitter’s acquisition process?
What if there are serious security vulnerabilities though? I could see having a process where founders don't turn over their source code until midnight when the deal closes, and then the acquiring company gets the option to shut it down immediately if there are serious and unfixable security vulnerabilities discovered between midnight and 10am when the press release goes out.
I'm not saying this hypothetical process is a good one, much less that this is what happened, but I could certainly imagine things playing out this way.
What if there are serious security vulnerabilities though? I could see having a process where founders don't turn over their source code until midnight when the deal closes, and then the acquiring company gets the option to shut it down immediately if there are serious and unfixable security vulnerabilities discovered between midnight and 10am when the press release goes out.
I'm not saying this hypothetical process is a good one, much less that this is what happened, but I could certainly imagine things playing out this way.