AOL CEO Tim Armstrong joined Arrington onstage to sign the acquisition papers in front of the [TechCrunch Disrupt] conference audience. Arrington polled the crowd on whether or not he should sign. “Absolutely not!” beat “yay” by about a 60/40 split.
Arrington signed anyway.
— From CNNMoney’s Sept. 28, 2010, coverage of AOL’s surprise buy of TechCrunch.
Arrington, you are the man! Not even Tolstoy could have up with a more interesting story. — A TechCrunch commenter on the latest cannon blast in TechCrunch’s war with its corporate master. We admire Silicon Valley’s sense of its own epicness.
In yet another “Eff you, HP” move by Mark Hurd, the ex-CEO of HP and current co-President of Oracle will appear on a conference call with analysts following the company’s earnings report after the bell, CNBC reports.
Getcha popcorn ready! - Dave
