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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by guelo on Thursday February 27, 2025 @06:30PM (#43199766)
Execs are employees, were they really exempt from the lockout? Seems unethical.
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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by Ancalagon on Thursday February 27, 2025 @06:35PM (#43199816)
thats preferred stock baby. Startups still a scam to work for.
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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by nemo44x on Thursday February 27, 2025 @07:44PM (#43200331)
Nearly certainly they were not. Any stock holder would be blacked out including existing investors.
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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by redeux on Thursday February 27, 2025 @08:35PM (#43200631)
That’s simply not true. You can look at the SEC filings and see exactly who was able to liquidate during the IPO.

I’m not passing judgment as to whether that’s “good” or “bad.” It simply is.

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Re:IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp by bolognafairy on Thursday February 27, 2025 @07:17PM (#43200150)
There are always haves and have-nots, lol. “Tech” isn’t exempted.
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