Story 3YQ Monday Poll: Which tech company's acquisition was the smartest?

Monday Poll: Which tech company's acquisition was the smartest?

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There's been a rash of big companies buying small companies to fill out their portfolios, retain customers, provide new services, shift their focus, or for who-knows-what-reason. Apple's multi-billion dollar purchase of the Beats headphone company is the one that's made the biggest splash, but Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp has been both praised and denigrated.

Thinking value-for-money here, which purchase do you think was the best strategic move? Cast your ballot here.
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It's been a few years... (Score: 1)

by unitron@pipedot.org on 2014-08-21 14:20 (#40C)

...but AOL was pretty smart to get itself acquired by Time-Warner, thus turning temporarily hot stock into something with a lot more long term value.

Of course Time-Warner were idiots for going through with their side of that deal.