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		oarla on Jan 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Order/license chaos for VMware products after Broa... Because it's not SEC's mandate to protect the consumer. If anything, FTC should have been the one to raise concern about this acquisition, but they have bigger fish to fry.

thayne on Jan 15, 2024 [–]

> but they have bigger fish to fry.

My complaint isn't about a single acquisition. It is a pattern of allowing acquisitions that have resulted in worse outcomes for consumers.

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