• erwan@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    The difference is that a hostile takeover can’t happen.

    Unless the founder still owns a majority of the shares, you can take control of a public company without needing the consent of the board (and CEO, founder, etc)

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      10 months ago

      A hostile takeover doesn’t have to happen. If Gaben decides “fuck you all” and decides to close the company, then there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. It’s his company and it doesn’t owe you the privilege of continuing to exist.

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        10 months ago

        I know it can happen, but that still makes a difference between public and private companies. That’s one risk less.

        Especially for Valve which is a very desirable company for their position as de facto PC games online store.