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nikanj
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Ask HN: What are people doing to get off of VMware...
Bought out by Broadcom, who realized if you increase prices by 10x and lose 75% of customers, you end with more revenue and less support costs
chanandler_bong
9 days ago
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Hock Tan's only goal is to increase stock value. Period. At the expense of anything and everything else, stock value.
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RachelF
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That's how he gets paid - increasing short term stock price.
"Show me the incentives and I'll show you the results" - Charlie Munger
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wayeq
8 days ago
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aka fiduciary duty
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jen20
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That is absolutely not what fiduciary duty means, unless you missed scare quotes and a /s.
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