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Re:Boeing sold its digital business to Thoma Bravo for 10B by bryant on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @09:30PM (#43767892)
> [Boeing] would sell four businesses from a digital unit to Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm specializing in software. Those include Jeppesen, which provides navigational charts and information to pilots, and ForeFlight, an app that helps plan flights and monitor weather.

I don't imagine any PE company would prioritize opex on quality assurance, so this is yet another hairline crack in the pylons keeping the engines attached to the airline industry.

Re:Boeing sold its digital business to Thoma Bravo for 10B by unappliedmath on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @11:31PM (#43768397)
those companies are held together by duct tape anyways
Re:Boeing sold its digital business to Thoma Bravo for 10B by vladsanchez on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:52AM (#43772212)