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by chongli 4499 days ago
A steal? Nobody uses ICQ anymore. AOL ended up selling ICQ for $187 million in 2010, a big loss on that deal!
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And where is the guarantee that ten years from now people will be using Whatsapp?
I'm pretty sure that's his point.
Although with our ridiculous tax scheme they probably got to claim a fat tax deduction from the loss or something...