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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Broadcom lays off VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company

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Broadcom lays off VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company

www.businessinsider.com

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Job losses follow Broadcom's $69 billion acquisition of VMware.
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    The price is nice but I don’t get why they don’t round it. Same with activision acquisition.

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      Well the difference between 69 billion and 70 billion is 1 billion.

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        Tom Scott’s video on 1 million dollars vs 1 billion dollars highlights how crazy 1 billion dollars really is for those that need easy to understand comparisons like me.

        https://youtu.be/8YUWDrLazCg?si=EVLrBrWSVYptf3r8

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        Damn, this must be why I’m not a billionaire. I keep forgetting to do this.

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      I can believe that they didn’t add 420 million to it…

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