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		markessien on Jan 20, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Microsoft should forget about Yahoo and buy Pa... Why should huge companies merge? What's wrong with a lot of small companies with different visions? It keeps the market agile and innovative.

rogercosseboom on Jan 20, 2009 [–]

Efficency, marketshare, product consolidation, &tc.

Its one of the only unfortunate instances of self-organization I can think of.

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