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Re: gilead23 post# 5431

Thursday, 04/01/2010 5:18:48 PM

Thursday, April 01, 2010 5:18:48 PM

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The point of buying it, in that context, wouldn't be to diversify (or diworsify, if you prefer), but to deny competitors a unique technology. That was why Starbucks bought Clover: just to keep other chains from having it.

Maybe they think differently in commodity industries like mining though, and are content to allow competitors the same technological edge they have.
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