Comment by lenerdenator

> The truth is Broadcom is not a semiconductor company. Nor is it a software company. It is a private equity fund, maximizing cash flow from an endless series of acquisitions. This is disheartening to many in the semis industry and probably confusing to those in software.

I hate when finance people talk like this.

No, it's not confusing to people in software. We're well aware of your (finance) industry's reputation of sucking capital out of necessary, competitive companies for your own personal gain. If we thought we could get away with it, we'd do something about it.