[lazide]

lol. The German cope is strong here.

It doesn’t generally get included for the same reason IBM doesn’t typically get included in list of ‘tech companies’, even if they are one of the oldest actual tech companies.

Been around forever (70’s or earlier), large multinational, more about business integration and sales than any headline tech. Frankly, their tech has been a side thought for a very long time internally. It’s a blue chip that happens to involve tech, not a ‘tech company’ like any of the FAANGs. Same issue Tata/Wipro, etc. have IMO. Arguably Oracle falls in the same class too.

A parallel comment mentioned Deutsch Telecom, but they’re really not a ‘tech company’ anymore than T-Mobile, AT&T, Comcast, etc. are.

If we include it anyway, that gives Germany 2 and the US…. Several dozen? Minimum? Maybe 50ish, actually. Even if we don’t use the same broad criteria in the US.

If we use the same broad criteria in the US, probably 1/3 of the Fortune 500 qualify, if not more. Is Bank of America a ‘tech company’?

[badpun]

> Been around forever (70’s or earlier), large multinational, more about business integration and sales than any headline tech.

This fits Microsoft as well. Are they not in tech?

[lazide]

They definitely aren’t a FAANG.

[badpun]

How is Netflix special then? How’s it different from Disney, HBO, Sky, or dozens of other companies that also do paid video streaming?

[lazide]

Hey, I didn’t make the rules.

They always seemed a bit weird to me. Near as I can tell, they were first, bigger, and invented most of the tech at scale (well, kinda - porn companies were first I think?).

Also, without the N in the acronym it becomes a lot less cool sounding, and well, a lot more derogatory.

[Timon3]

I'm not sure what gave you the impression that the single example I brought up was meant to be exhaustive.

If you want examples that fit some specific definition of "tech company", please share that definition, or where one can look it up. I deliberately didn't bring up more examples than SAP, as I didn't want to get lost in the weeds.

[snowpid]

So why don't Google it? There is a vivid start up scene, several young examples included but you just ignores it and call it German cope.