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[marcodave]

> And yet the company was sold at 1 Billion USD, which seemed like short change.

That was 2009 though, was 1B USD small compared to the average corporate acquisitions at the time?

Instagram was also sold for 1B if I recall correctly.

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Exactly my point Instagram is not technology, it is a platform for user content. Sun was a technology company with some real deep tech.