[bpodgursky]

Yeah, I think there's a pretty big difference between tech companies going private (often to double-down R&D investment) and mature consumer brands going private (which is usually a way to extract profits and milk the carcass dry, see: Toys r Us, Olive Garden).

[skeeter2020]

this +100. You see the later in manture enterprise software a lot more these days and it is not fun to be a part of it. You get to watch software development transition from a profit generator to a cost center, which changes the game completely.