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  1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 13-Sep-2020 22:38:41 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #Microsoft $_NASDAQ['MSFT'] bid for US part of #TikTok rejected. Instead, #Oracle $_NYSE['ORCL'] will buy it.

    source: https://bbs.kawa-kun.com/objects/c5c94afa-9c91-499d-bd3b-21d28bbd4f59
    In conversation Sunday, 13-Sep-2020 22:38:41 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
    1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 13-Sep-2020 22:46:09 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
      in reply to
      https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-drops-out-of-bidding-for-tiktoks-u-s-operations-11600039821
      In conversation Sunday, 13-Sep-2020 22:46:09 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink

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      1. Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S.; Microsoft Proposal Is Rejected
        from WSJ
        Oracle won the bidding for the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok, a person familiar with the matter said, beating out Microsoft in a deal to salvage a social-media service that has been caught in the middle of a geopolitical standoff.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 13-Sep-2020 22:50:07 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
        in reply to
        I think I've said this before. I would not, as an end-user, want to be dependent on #Oracle. I'd rather go back to the days of the abacus.
        In conversation Sunday, 13-Sep-2020 22:50:07 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
        1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Sep-2020 13:21:50 EDT GeniusMusing GeniusMusing
          in reply to
          @lnxw48a1 It seems that they are not really buying it...
          Oracle Doesn't Buy TikTok, But Gets A Lucrative Hosting Deal, And Trump & Friends Will Pretend This Means Something Techdirt
          https://nu.federati.net/url/275068
          In conversation Monday, 14-Sep-2020 13:21:50 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink

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          1. Oracle Doesn't Buy TikTok, But Gets A Lucrative Hosting Deal, And Trump & Friends Will Pretend This Means Something
            from Techdirt.
            The TikTok saga, which was insanely stupid to begin with, kicked into overdrive last month when President Trump issued a blatantly unconstitutional executive order that was designed to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American company. We had all...
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