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nilkn on April 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Did Yahoo Buy Summly?

I'm confused on how summly would have gotten a better licensing deal than Yahoo! could have managed. [Honest question.]

kd0amg on April 10, 2013 | [–]

Plain old price discrimination? I wouldn't expect SRI to try to get a Yahoo-sized license fee out of some tiny startup.

jeffgreco on April 10, 2013 | | [–]

Sure, but would a tiny startup get exclusive rights?

sks on April 10, 2013 | [–]

Maybe they got an exclusive license when yahoo wasn't event remotely interested in the tech. Just a guess.

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