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IBM to acquire Confluent

(www.confluent.io)
443 points abd12 | 5 comments | 08 Dec 25 13:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. elcapitan ◴[08 Dec 25 14:50 UTC] No.46192835[source]▶
At least you can now safely buy into Kafka, as nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.
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2. notepad0x90 ◴[08 Dec 25 14:55 UTC] No.46192898[source]▶
This isn't the old times, you can expect the opposite outcome these days.
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3. antonvs ◴[08 Dec 25 15:25 UTC] No.46193296[source]▶
I know companies who would certainly have fired people for buying IBM, if they could have gone back in time to do so.
4. kevstev ◴[08 Dec 25 15:31 UTC] No.46193392[source]▶
OP IMHO was obviously being sarcastic.
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5. notepad0x90 ◴[08 Dec 25 16:05 UTC] No.46193922{3}[source]▶
Fair.