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Apple Rumored To Want To Buy Twitter
OSXGlitch writes "A post on TechCrunch this morning extends the rumor that Apple wants to buy Twitter with part of their massive cash reserve (estimated at nearly $29B). The Twitterverse is alive with speculation that the price being discussed is $700 million. This goes against reports that Twitter's founders aren't interested in selling, and that they estimate the value of the company at around $250 million. Two questions: How do we all feel about the possibility of Apple owning Twitter? And, can Twitter decline an offer that is nearly three times their estimated worth?"
How do we all feel about the possibility of Apple owning Twitter?
we feel like NOT being whipped into a mob frenzy.
"can Twitter decline an offer that is nearly three times their estimated worth?"
i could offer you $50 to sell me your genitals, and frankly thats probably 3 times their value, but i highly doubt you'd sell them to me for $50... OTOH, if you dont want em anymore...
any privately held company is under no compulsion to sell anything regardless of incentive.
i wage a holy war against the apostrophe.
It would be a lot more convenient to dislike them if they were under the same roof. I could just brush Twitter off in the same breath as brushing off OS X or the iPhone. The time I would save!
It would be more constructive to stay around and just go on a hatin' rampage about every little way that Apple douches is up and charges for services. If everyone just leaves it then all the sensible people are gone and only the Apple fans are left.
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1. you're replying to a sig, that's a faux pas around here.
2. are you incapable of ruling out irrelevant situations?
3. this is why no-one likes you.
How we know is more important than what we know.