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biztos on Sept 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B

Oracle buying Sun?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Sun_Microsystem...

Has more real value ever been destroyed in the service of paper value?

Arguably yes, though I am including DEC in this equation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq#Acquisition_by_Hewlett-...

prepend on Sept 15, 2022 [–]

That was a hit and they basically obliterated Sun.

But if you’re looking at lost value, AOL buying TimeWarner (and the Sun parts of Netscape).

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