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Re:Google combines Maps and Waze teams in restructuring move by s1artibartfast on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:27AM (#33918230)
You are conflating control with influence. Control is the ability to make a unilateral decision, consequences be damned. Influence is the ability to impose costs and benefits on a decision maker so that they do what you want
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Re:Google combines Maps and Waze teams in restructuring move by ggm on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:14AM (#33918535)
No disagree but also.. this is nitpicking. Everyone reading the flow knows what was meant here: change was effected by a significant minority of shareholders exerting influence. You would not be wrong saying colloquially "they were made to" or "had to" even though legally no force exists. Well clearly to a nitpicker you would be wrong, but half the room is now rolling their eyes.

Don't be that kid.

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Re:Google combines Maps and Waze teams in restructuring move by s1artibartfast on Friday December 09, 2022 @09:53AM (#33921811)
I don't think it is nitpicking. There are 40+ posts debating who has control and talking past eachother because they are using different definitions.
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