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Re:Ask HN: Anyone doing some absurd stuff after getting laid... by frereubu on Sunday January 22, 2023 @01:33PM (#34480589)
Presumably you would, only what are different departments within a single company now would be separate companies. Probably similar kinds of blessings and curses as microservices.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone doing some absurd stuff after getting laid... by sdiacom on Sunday January 22, 2023 @01:42PM (#34480719)
The once CEO of Sears tried splitting the corporation into thirty to forty companies: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4385-failing-to-plan-how-ay... (I recall reading a more entertaining and detailed write-up, but this is what I could find on a quick Google Search)

In short, turns out aligning thirty to forty competing profit motives is hard.

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