2-4-94 Finkle is Einhorn https://rumble.com/vdsxr7-finkle-is-einhorn-einhorn-is-finkle.html ...from Ace Ventura (1994) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0109040/
5-18-98 Microsoft anti-trust charges filed: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/microsoft-antitrust.asp; “Microsoft Silicon Valley was established in Mountain View, California in 1981”: https://news.microsoft.com/stories/microsoft-silicon-valley/
9-04-98 Google origin story is fabricated: https://about.google/our-story/; Google setup as “backup” immediately after it became clear MSFT anti-trust charges would not be dismissed; Google HQ is Mountain View, CA; Were there obscure MSFT “divisions” shed by Microsoft as part of anti-trust settlement that were later acquired by GOOG?
8-11-15 First mention of Google reorg indicates something happening behind the scenes in 2015: https://thenextweb.com/news/google-is-reorganizing-under-a-new-umbrella-company-called-alphabet
2-07-17 Google “algorithm update”: https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/google-algorithm-update-february-7-2017/
9-04-17 Google reorg completed exactly 19 years after “founding”: https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/04/google-parent-alphabet-forms-holding-company-xxvi-to-complete-2015-corporate-reorganization/; A few news reports out as early as 9-1-17, see filing for effective date.
10-20-20 Groundwork being carefully laid for Google (aka DARPA/CIA) breakup: https://www.reuters.com/article/tech-antitrust-google-idUSKBN2751PB
Interesting. Maybe GOOG buys MSFT prior to breakup or they use transaction as cover to breakup MSFT prior to breakup of GOOG? Clearly, both need to happen, IMO.
Maybe a high-priced merger would destroy some of that fake capital created from the stock price manipulation?
Agreed.