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spiderPig
on Jan 17, 2014
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Dropbox raises about $250 million at $10 billion v...
Why? They all have equivalent products that have pretty much all the features. They should probably buy them for the talent and user base though.
pessimizer
on Jan 17, 2014
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At this point I don't think that the product is as important as the branding and the userbase.
batoure
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Their patent portfolio might be of high value if they have patented certain processes for file synching.
gregpilling
on Jan 18, 2014
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They could also buy them to reduce the competition and acquire customers for cloud storage services.
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