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Re:The Instagram Architecture Facebook Bought for a Cool Bil... by GiraffeNecktie on Monday April 09, 2012 @09:06PM (#3820171)
He's being a bit flippant but his point is correct. You don't spend a billion dollars just to get three engineers, no matter how clever they are.
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Re:The Instagram Architecture Facebook Bought for a Cool Bil... by Danieru on Monday April 09, 2012 @10:50PM (#3820423)
I don't know... These ones were clever enough to get someone to pay a billion dollars for them.

That's pretty clever.

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Re:The Instagram Architecture Facebook Bought for a Cool Bil... by ceejayoz on Monday April 09, 2012 @10:53PM (#3820433)
Did the pay for the three engineers, or the thirty million users?
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