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		csmajorfive on April 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook buys Parse We're not changing anything. We're not going to suddenly lock in your data, share it somewhere you don't want it to be shared, or anything like that.

jonknee on April 25, 2013 [–]

No one gets married with a divorce planned, but divorces aren't exactly uncommon. This quote from Zuck comes to mind:

> "We have not once bought a company for the company. We buy companies to get excellent people."

As do a few acquisitions followed by shut-downs: Drop.io, Face.com ($100M!), Gowalla, etc.

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