Borders Tries To Buy Back Webvan Software
from the the-new-new-strategy dept
I guess the new strategy for tech companies is for people to buy back the assets of their formerly failed companies. Scott Blum did it with Buy.com and now Webvan founder Louis Borders is trying to buy Webvan's software for $2.5 million. People are saying that's cheap considering how much it cost to create the software, but there's a still a question of just what can he actually do with the software.
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