On: IBM nearing a buyout deal for HashiCorp, source sa...

[fishnchips]

I’m failing to identify the benefit for the buyer here. What’s your reasoning?

[Apocryphon → fishnchips]

Kotlin and Android Studio are intrinsic to the Android development experience.

[fishnchips → Apocryphon]

Why pay for what they get for free, then?

[Apocryphon → fishnchips]

That's a fair question. Still, you often see companies snap up those who build premier developer tools for their ecosystems.

[axus → fishnchips]

What if Apple bought them?

[Apocryphon → axus]

It'd be a bit like when Google bought Fastlane.