Ask HN: What are examples of startups that died by the hands of Big Tech?

Re:Ask HN: What are examples of startups that died by the ha... by hthrowaway5 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:38AM (#31378361)

I agree with you. There is something about Salesforce in particular I feel people don't trust to be a good steward of acquired products.

I don't feel it's deserved even though I worked for an acquired company that certainly did fail because of their leadership—I think we were the exception though. For Mulesoft, Tableau, Quip: I don't think it's clear these would be successful companies on their own.

They paid a ton of money for Slack and need to protect that investment.

Is there a clear example of Salesforce failing at an acquisition? Or do people see the examples I gave above differently than I do?

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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of startups that died by the ha... by fossuser on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:59AM (#31378594)

My take is that once salesforce acquires a product at best it’ll remain stagnant and unchanged.

It’ll never get better, the smart people working on it quit and go elsewhere.

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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of startups that died by the ha... by 0des on Saturday May 14, 2022 @11:19AM (#31378792)

Salesforce is the rich guy at the table eating off of other people's plates and making people uneasy. Bloated, bald, disgusting, but just enough money to keep being relevant.

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