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Re:Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO by echelon on Thursday December 05, 2024 @06:34PM (#42334098)
Some of Google's best business units were acquisitions.

YouTube, Google Maps/Earth, Android, DoubeClick, DeepMind, Firebase, HTC (Pixel)

Don't discount Google's M&A game.

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Re:Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO by griomnib on Thursday December 05, 2024 @06:38PM (#42334129)
They kill more than they allow to live, and doubleclick slowly hollowed out Google search by skewing incentives away from great content to maximizing display revenue via link bait.

Doubleclick is to Google what McDonald Douglas’s is to Boeing.

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Re:Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO by mrpippy on Thursday December 05, 2024 @09:29PM (#42335579)
Don’t forget Docs (Wordly)
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Re:Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO by evilduck on Thursday December 05, 2024 @10:08PM (#42335864)
Are any of those from the last decade? They acquired them when they were a different company.
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