That's just so. . . 2020-21.
Back in the Tangerine 1.0 version, Trump had claimed he was pushing a deal between the two companies, not long after he'd signed an executive order himself, to BAN BOTH TikTok, and WeChat.
While it is still possible that Nadella might see value in adding TikTok to the stodgy Microsoft fold of products and services... I'd be more inclined to trust what Nadella himself said after the last Trumpian / TikTok set of false starts / flim-flams. Here's that, from Reuters overnight:
. . .Microsoft emerged as a top bidder in 2020, but the talks soon collapsed, and Trump's divestment push ended a few months later when he left office.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called that deal the "strangest thing I've ever worked on." The U.S. government had a "particular set of requirements and then it just disappeared," he said in 2021. . . .
Yep. That sounds about right.
So. . . this present rumor-mongering sounds (to me) a lot more like Tangerine just trying to stir the pot/find other bidders... and to seem. . . relevant.
H I L A R I O U S.
Onward. I still think it might be. . . Amazon -- or Oracle.
नमस्ते
No comments:
Post a Comment