I found this excerpt from their S-1 interesting:<p>> We use open source software in our platform that may subject our platform to general release or require us to re-engineer our platform, which may harm our business.<p>> We use open source software in our XM™ Platform and expect to continue to use open source software in our platform in the future. There are uncertainties regarding the proper interpretation of and compliance with open source software licenses. Moreover, we cannot assure you that our processes for controlling our use of open source software in our XM™ Platform have been or will be effective. Consequently, any of these circumstances could result in reputational harm and harm to our business and results of operations. In addition, if the license terms for the open source software we utilize change, we may be forced to re-engineer our platform or incur additional costs to comply with the changed license terms or to replace the affected open source software. Although we have implemented policies and tools to regulate the use and incorporation of open source software into our XM™ Platform, we cannot be certain that we have not incorporated open source software in our platform in a manner that is inconsistent with such policies.<p>Can someone more familiar with these filings comment on whether this is typical, or is this corporate speak for "we are violating the GPL and hope no one can prove it?"
> acquire all outstanding shares of Qualtrics for US$8 billion in cash<p>2017 profit of $2.6M on revenue of $290M. Please ELI5, how does someone decide on a price 26x higher than earnings?<p>EDIT: 3077x earnings - thanks 'adventured.
Apparently "experience management" is now the euphemism of choice for user-tracking... I have their domains blocked in my HOSTS file, and they're one of the ones known for tracking mouse movements and clicks on pages. I hope I do not have to block SAP too...
This is very surprising. They were prepping to go public for a couple years, even stacking their c-suite with ex-microsoft executives.<p>(I left Qualtrics a year ago.)