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Broadcom 在併購 VMware 後裁員

Hacker News 上看到「Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acquisition (businessinsider.com)」這篇，前幾天 Broadcom 買下 VMware 的消息才公告出來 (參考「Broadcom 買下 VMware」)，馬上就有裁員的消息了... 原始報導在「Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company」，不過因為 paywall 的關係，可以看參考 archive.today 上面的頁面：「Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company」。

報導裡面有提到，在併購前 VMware 自己就有在砍人了，不過併購完馬上就再砍，不太好看...

還是如同之前提到的，看不太懂這個併購案的目的，看起來只是單純往軟體產業投資？因為 VMware 跟先前併購的 CA Technologies 與 Symantec 好像是沒有太直接可以拼湊起來的感覺...

Cisco 併購 Splunk

Hacker News 上看到的消息，Cisco 買 Splunk：「Cisco Acquires Splunk (splunk.com)」，對應的新聞稿：「Splunk and Cisco Unite To Accelerate Digital Resilience as One of the Leading Global Software Companies」。

看不太出來為什麼 Cisco 要買 Splunk 這家公司，不知道戰略是什麼...

另外在 Hacker News 上的討論整片都有提到 Splunk 貴到哭爸的事情... 剛好前公司也有用，那個價錢的確是很哭爸，也因此有了後續 migrate 到 Prometheus 上的計畫，不過這也是過去式了...

That's staff, the building, equipment, power, water, everything...the estimated Splunk cost was more than that.

The joke used to be 'splunk is amazing until the first invoice comes in', it's funny because it's true. Note Datadog is very similar in that regard.

現在已經比起 Splunk 出來的年代，多了很多 open source 的方案可以選擇，Splunk 的吸引力低很多了。

原來 Waterfox 早就被廣告公司收購了...

看到「Waterfox G4.1.0 update reduces requirement to SSE 4.1, sets Startpage as the default search engine for Private Tabs」這篇才發現 Waterfox 在 2019 年年底的時候早就被廣告公司 System1 收購：「Waterfox web browser sold to System1」，過了兩個多月被 Ghacks 寫成新聞後才發表對應的公告：「Waterfox has joined System1」。

先前研究 Google Chrome 的替代品時有列到清單裡找機會測，看起來可以跳過了...

而這次的報導則是題到了 Waterfox 將 Private Tabs 的預設搜尋引擎改成 Startpage，關於 Startpage 之前在「Startpage 被廣告公司收購」這邊也提過了...

LinkedIn 把 SlideShare 賣給 Scribd 了

收到 SlideShare 的信件，提到了 Scribd 接手的事情：「Digital library leader Scribd has acquired SlideShare」，另外 Scribd 這邊也有新聞稿：「Welcome SlideShare to the Scribd community」。

信裡面提到會在九月 24 日生效：

Scribd will begin operating the SlideShare business on September 24, 2020.

另外在 TechCrunch 這邊也有報導「Scribd acquires presentation-sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn」，看起來目前還沒有小道消息知道轉手的價錢：

SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price.

Salesforce 打算買 Tableau

Saleforce 打算要買下 Tableau...

兩邊簽了協議並且都發了新聞稿出來，分別是 Salesforce 的：「Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tableau」，以及 Tableau 的：「Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tableau」。

這兩家都是掛在 NYSE 的公司，而這次的併購會直接以股票交易 (Tableau 的 1 股換 Salesforce 的 1.103 股，看起來是基於這三天股價計算)：

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SEATTLE, Wash. — June 10, 2019 -- Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), the global leader in CRM, and Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), the leading analytics platform, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Salesforce will acquire Tableau in an all-stock transaction, pursuant to which each share of Tableau Class A and Class B common stock will be exchanged for 1.103 shares of Salesforce common stock, representing an enterprise value of $15.7 billion (net of cash), based on the trailing 3-day volume weighted average price of Salesforce's shares as of June 7, 2019.

Salesforce 想要買 Tableau 是個蠻意外的新聞...