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		htrp on June 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cloudera taken private for $5.3B, acquires Datacor... Dell was a special case .... going private allowed them to avoid shooting themselves in the foot like HP

feteru on June 2, 2021 | [–]

Could you expand on this a little? What did HP do, I'm just not familiar

whoknowswhat11 on June 2, 2021 | [–]

Absolutely a special case.

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