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There are always things the acquirer can do to not exactly discontinue a product, but effectively do nothing with it.

If you look at the film industry, they are masters of this. Buying scripts and sitting on them etc. A company could buy your widget startup and say they are still selling it, but mail order telephone sales only.




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