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Re:The End Of The Acqui-Hire? by 001sky on Saturday May 17, 2014 @11:26PM (#7762040)
And to follow on, what was a specifically interesting:

Reports that the premium was less that 1/3 salary per FTE being offered by the "Acquirer".

That is, these so-called "M&A deals" were valued at <less than> a mass-head-hunting contract.

(That being said, the submitted article reads more like an OP-ED than a more mainstream piece of journalism.)

Re:The End Of The Acqui-Hire? by unreal37 on Saturday May 17, 2014 @11:35PM (#7762063)
It's techcrunch, not journalism.
Re:The End Of The Acqui-Hire? by 001sky on Saturday May 17, 2014 @11:40PM (#7762075)
Author is not a TC staff-writer / employee