Reply to post: How in the hell can you "unwind" a decade old deal?

Oh good, the FTC has discovered acqui-hires... American watchdog to probe decade of Big Tech takeovers

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How in the hell can you "unwind" a decade old deal?

The original product(s) if any of the acquired company would no longer be relevant in 2020, many of the original employees will have moved on, etc. If they wanted Apple to unwind their deal to buy Siri, does it get the current Siri software or Siri software in the state it was when Apple acquired it? Does it get employees Apple hired to work on Siri related projects that have no desire to work for some coughed up startup?

I think it is great they are reviewing these, maybe they will find they need to do some scrutiny of these deals when they occur. But the idea of unwinding them is ridiculous!

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