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Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by kaycebasques on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:00PM (#30026314)
Is GAMMA the new FAANG?

* Google

* Amazon

* Microsoft

* ???

* Apple

Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by lmkg on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:03PM (#30026352)
Facebook is now Meta, so the acronyms have to change.
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by monkeybutton on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:21PM (#30026651)
So MAANG. Add in Oracle at the end and you've got yourself a MAANGO!
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by chainwax on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:25PM (#30026728)
Oh cmon, MANGA is so much better
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by xen0 on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:06PM (#30026402)
Or maybe we just need a new company beginning with an F?
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by VWWHFSfQ on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:14PM (#30026524)
I vote for Foot Locker
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by jdhn on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:19PM (#30026608)
All Foot Locker has to do is start selling exclusive NFTs with their shoes, and they'll be considered an innovative blockchain company in no time.
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by inter_netuser on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:24PM (#30026703)
Fugazzi MAMMA
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by basch on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:16PM (#30026556)
Google is Alphabet tho, so its MAAMA or MAMAA.
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by maxwell_xander on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:24PM (#30027761)
MAMAA is by far my favorite, it sounds like a child crying out to mom. Mamaa! (also easy to add another m or a if ever needed - mammaaaaaa!)
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by jimminy on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:52PM (#30027181)
Pop Netflix back in there from the FAANG, and you have MAMANA
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by basch on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:35PM (#30027953)
with a market cap of 177B it has no business being in the conversation. Disney is 250B.

Johnson&Johnson and Comcast are more deserving of spots even. Tesla, NVidia, Visa.

Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by moralestapia on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:22PM (#30029458)
It's MAAAM!
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by langitbiru on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:13PM (#30027555)
Or TAAAMM. Companies with hug TAMs.

https://twitter.com/sama/status/1484571438442967042

Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by oplav on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:02PM (#30026332)
Meta
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by henearkr on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:20PM (#30026624)
And actually Google is now Alphabet, so it would be one of:

AAAMM

MAMAA

AMAMA

etc

Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by ndotl on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:10PM (#30026451)
Meta?
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by goodpoint on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:24PM (#30026705)
N is for Netflix. Microsoft is hardly relevant.
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by quickthrowman on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:26PM (#30027810)
Yeah the 2.25T company is less relevant than a movie and TV studio that is worth 1/12th as much. /s
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by sound1 on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:35PM (#30027941)
Haha... that was a good one, you ALMOST got me there :-)
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by colinmhayes on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:24PM (#30027758)
2 trillion dollar company hardly relevant
Re:Google Creates Blockchain Unit, Hires New ‘Founding Leader’ by goodpoint on Friday January 21, 2022 @02:36PM (#30028853)
By this "logic" FAANG should contain Saudi Aramco and probably Tesla: https://companiesmarketcap.com/

Instead, the name was always related to high growth + high salaries + innovative technonogy + interesting companies to be working for.