There may be a smaller vendor among these dozens whose technology is just as solid and whose vision and culture is better aligned with the acquiring company.

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If nothing else, Pachter's take (and he still thinks Facebook is a solid investment) reinforces the inevitable culture clash that occurs when a 27-year-old titan of California's freewheeling startup culture meets the buttoned-down world of Wall Street.

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The development of new technology solutions, channels and open standards to support operating system and other programing that takes advantage of the use of solid state storage for traditional storage as well as non-volatile memory will change the face of our technical culture for many years to come.

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