Every year, the tech industry is filled with stories about how much money is being made, how much money is being lost, how much more money the current companies are making, how much more people are getting fired, how much more people are getting laid off, how much more money is being spent on research.
In the tech industry, the usual thing is that the story of these companies is always the exact same, and with good reason. There aren’t really any new companies to speak of. All of them are either acquired or bought out by larger conglomerates. The only thing new is that there’s a smaller number of these companies out there. Of course, the only reason for that is to avoid lawsuits and the like.
As if we needed another reason to get laid off.
A small number of high-tech companies are being bought out by bigger conglomerates. This is mainly done by companies that are acquired by companies with a similar business model. In other words, big tech companies don’t have the same long-term view as smaller companies do. And for this reason, they don’t have the same high-profile lawsuits. What happens when larger companies fail? Well, the CEO is forced to step down and is out of a job.
This is why the recent acquisition of nc state by a publicly-traded company is so surprising. The company that owns nc state is a public company, so it has to disclose its assets, which include its patents and technology. This is the first time (since the dot-com bubble burst) that a publicly-traded company has been acquired by a publicly-traded company.
In a nutshell (for those who are up on tech acronyms), patents are something that the world’s largest companies can’t even dream of having. In fact, they are a significant part of the reason why the world’s largest companies exist in the first place. Without patents, these companies would not exist. This is why it is so ridiculous that the two companies that just merged are now fighting over what to do with some of the same technology.
virginia tech and nc state are two completely separate companies. The term “nc state” is a trademark of the state of New York. It is very, very weird though, because the state of New York is the state that is home to the two companies. As a result, the state of New York is responsible for the two companies, and as such, the two companies are fighting over what to do with some of the same technology.
It’s not a huge surprise that a major company, with deep connections to the state, would want to be a part of the merger between two completely separate companies. It would be a very bad sign for the rest of the state if a company such as nc state were to lose out on this situation. The point is that the state of New York can do what it wants with any company, but that doesn’t mean the state should get to decide what the company does with its technology.
The point is that the state is the ultimate arbiter of technological boundaries. If one company gets to decide who technology can and can’t be used, then the state can and should do whatever it wants with that company’s technology. While this does open a little bit of a can of worms for all sorts of companies, it’s important to note that the state isnt going to be the one saying “no” to companies that try and use its technology.
The state has an obvious role to play in this equation. If the state decides to allow a company to make a technology that the state deems too dangerous, the state has the right to either ban the company from using its technology, or revoke the state’s authority to allow the technology into the state. This is because the state has a monopoly on technology. You can’t get a phone from a phone company, and you can’t get a new car from a car company.
