Zynga Inc (ZNGA)

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Trevor11, also to expand on your EA/ZNGA tie-in . . . MSFT had executives leave its organization and go over to NOKA. I had a feeling at the time that this was not by accident (soon enough guess who acquired NOKA and its patents and expertise and tech)?

What MST accomplished was to take a potential competitor over and gain a small amount of market share. In the case of ZNGA, EA would get more into coming revolution of mobile gaming/gambling (particularly as states rights of such are allowed and becomes both paid form and taxable).

Further, the cadre of former EA employees makes it hard for a competitor to EA to attempt to take over ZNGA. And, all EA really has to do is buy say 5-10% of ZNGA common shares and get a board member on the BOD which would allow them(EA)to virtual control the direction of ZNGA software development. <---by following this
type of process . . . EA can evade having to buyout ZNGA formally, yet informally both can do join development, etc.

Thus a EA buy of ZNGA common also would by-pass ZNGA having to go to banks, etc. to get a loan to expand and redirect its SW expansion. Not to mention, EA has the big foot-in-the-door at domestic mega stores and on line sellers.

Are not both Silicon Valley Culture boys and girls?