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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by tomkarlo on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @07:14PM (#7267730)
There's only about 1bn smartphone users, of which Whatsapp probably has 45% penetration, and some other large percentage are on competing platforms. Yes, that 1bn is growing, but it's also moving into market segments with much lower income levels. Even if we think this is going to increase 4x that probably doesn't justify a 12X sales valuation.
Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by the_watcher on Thursday February 20, 2014 @10:23AM (#7271168)
That one billion number is not static. And it has a lot of room to grow.