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		jimbokun on Oct 14, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paul Graham on a New Attitude for Startup Acquisit... iTunes was an acquisition. So was GarageBand. And I think some other software acquisitions that directly made their hardware more valuable. I think that says a lot about how Apple's acquisitions strategy. Although, they also bought PA Semi, and we still don't know yet just what they're doing with them.

netcan on Oct 14, 2008 [–]

So was OS X (I think). I'm not saying there's room for them, I'm saying 'how high could the volume get?'

The volume of software start-up acquisitions should be directly related to the volume of software product lines.

netcan on Oct 14, 2008 | [–]

Oh & so was Steve Jobs. But how many CEOs do you need?

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