▲ 260 ▼ SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] XLE@piefed.social 66 points 2 months ago (3 children) $60 billion. Minecraft was acquired for 2.5 billion in 2014. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 months ago (1 child) Okay, that put things into scale for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freely1333@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago Almost like someone is lying about the inflation numbers for the past decade permalink fedilink source parent [–] gnawmon@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 months ago (1 child) atleast minecraft actually worth that much, probably permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (1 child) It's actually worth wayyy more. Microsoft already broke even just 2 years later (2016). It's estimated they made 8.5B total since acquisition. Cursor will likely never make 8.5 billion let alone 60. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago But Microsoft didn't plan on that. They only bought Mojang because they needed to launder offshore money from Europe. In case you guys haven't figured it out, Musk is just a tool of Wall Street, whether these companies make money or not is completely irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent [–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago I kinda remember reading how the purchase of Macromedia by Adobe was like the biggest acquisition ever at 6 billion or so back in the late 2000s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 months ago (1 child) Okay, that put things into scale for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freely1333@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago Almost like someone is lying about the inflation numbers for the past decade permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago Almost like someone is lying about the inflation numbers for the past decade permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnawmon@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 months ago (1 child) atleast minecraft actually worth that much, probably permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (1 child) It's actually worth wayyy more. Microsoft already broke even just 2 years later (2016). It's estimated they made 8.5B total since acquisition. Cursor will likely never make 8.5 billion let alone 60. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago But Microsoft didn't plan on that. They only bought Mojang because they needed to launder offshore money from Europe. In case you guys haven't figured it out, Musk is just a tool of Wall Street, whether these companies make money or not is completely irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (1 child) It's actually worth wayyy more. Microsoft already broke even just 2 years later (2016). It's estimated they made 8.5B total since acquisition. Cursor will likely never make 8.5 billion let alone 60. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago But Microsoft didn't plan on that. They only bought Mojang because they needed to launder offshore money from Europe. In case you guys haven't figured it out, Musk is just a tool of Wall Street, whether these companies make money or not is completely irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago But Microsoft didn't plan on that. They only bought Mojang because they needed to launder offshore money from Europe. In case you guys haven't figured it out, Musk is just a tool of Wall Street, whether these companies make money or not is completely irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago I kinda remember reading how the purchase of Macromedia by Adobe was like the biggest acquisition ever at 6 billion or so back in the late 2000s. permalink fedilink source parent