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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:45PM (#38685704)
Your comments are straight up factually misrepresenting what happened. There were plenty of news reports early this year that DoJ was preparing to file suit against the merger. I guarantee they were in close contact with Adobe's lawyers, and the normal process here is that Adobe's lawyers/execs come back and say "hold up, let's see if we can make a deal" - that's essentially what happens in the vast majority of lawsuits.

Adobe (and Figma) knew full well this deal wasn't a slam dunk from the beginning.

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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by Dylan16807 on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:56PM (#38685880)
Threatening a lawsuit is better than nothing but it definitely didn't lead to a quick resolution. At a certain point the answer to whether they can make a deal needs to be "no", not "we'll wait".
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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by jamiek88 on Monday December 18, 2023 @01:02PM (#38685966)
Well he works there and misses out on $$$$ hence his ire.
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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by matthewowen on Monday December 18, 2023 @03:55PM (#38688122)
You’ve posted this about me twice. I haven’t shown any ire and I think it’s counter to the spirit of hacker news to suggest bad faith in my posts based on my proximity to the topic.
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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by jamiek88 on Monday December 18, 2023 @04:11PM (#38688356)
Yes, twice (pretty much within minutes of each other which made sense contextually, but you know that and are trying to muddy the waters) in one of the four threads and nine comments you have left disputing the actual published facts without mentioning you stood to profit from this, which is more than 'proximity to the topic'.

Your weasel words are weasley.

I'm not here to fight but it seems you are, especially as you are attempting to make me look the bad guy in a couple comments with innuendo about the spirit of HN and calling commenters 'the peanut gallery'.

I've made my point and you've rebutted there's no further value in arguing.

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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by robocat on Monday December 18, 2023 @07:59PM (#38690493)
> Well he works there and misses out

That's a fine point to make

> hence his ire

Putting your spin on the actions of others is beyond rude

> Your weasel words are weasley.

That's 100% against the HN guidelines and community

I suggest if you wish to disagree then try doing it without being disagreeable

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