Lee DunatoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·10 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldAdobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma(www.theverge.com)external-linkarrow-up1183arrow-down17message-square27fedilink
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkAdobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma(www.theverge.com)Lee DunatoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·10 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldmessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaresimpleEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkAwesome news. Bless the regulators fighting back. As a result of the termination, Adobe will be required to pay Figma a reverse termination fee of $1 billion in cash. This does bring a smile to my face. Maybe companies will actually stop trying to mass acquire everything when there are risks involved.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoiceEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkOr just write contracts that put the fall through on the smaller company that fails acquisition. (Seems more likely) Sucks, but many business acts do now
Awesome news. Bless the regulators fighting back.
This does bring a smile to my face. Maybe companies will actually stop trying to mass acquire everything when there are risks involved.
Or just write contracts that put the fall through on the smaller company that fails acquisition. (Seems more likely) Sucks, but many business acts do now