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Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ... by nbevans on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:30AM (#35771377)
Brad Smith is definitely part of the old guard. Joined in 1993.

His remarks the other day are going to age terribly. He's basically everything Ballmer was but as a lawyer.

But, we should expect more of this if mega corporations are allowed to continue growing their market caps beyond the GDP of G7 nation states.

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Re:Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. ... by gruez on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:57AM (#35771576)
>if mega corporations are allowed to continue growing their market caps beyond the GDP of G7 nation states.

...which is a pointless comparison because the two things being compared are different units entirely. The former is basically the lifetime value with discounting applied, whereas the latter is income from a single year.

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