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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by colejohnson66 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:34PM (#31853347)
Owning stock, on its own, is not the same as buying a company
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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by worker_person on Thursday June 23, 2022 @03:10PM (#31853832)
If you own a controlling percentage. Then yes it is. That is how you buy/control a publicly traded company.

You can buy 100% of shares and take it private, but that's overkill for what Microsoft wanted.

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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by colejohnson66 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @04:17PM (#31854622)
Hence why I said “on its own”
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Re:Copilot sells code other people wrote by birdyrooster on Thursday June 23, 2022 @02:57PM (#31853632)
lmao
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