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joshu on Dec 7, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apache loses Java showdown vote to Oracle

youtube was explicitly allowed to remain separate.

benatkin on Dec 7, 2010 [–]

YouTube was thriving as a company when Google bought them. Sun was floundering. A hands-off approach works better when a thriving company buys another thriving company.

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