最明智的收購，從PayPal開始

????自從10多年前，eBay以15億美元的價格收購在線支付服務PayPal后，PayPal已經(jīng)在eBay用戶中積累了大量擁躉。事實證明，這筆交易是科技界有史以來最成功的交易之一。被eBay收購后，PayPal在eBay市場中變得更加普及。更重要的是，它為PayPal提供了一個起飛的平臺，讓它拓展成了美國聯(lián)合航空（United Airlines）、戴爾（Dell）和百思買（Best Buy）等眾多大企業(yè)的合作伙伴。如果有人質(zhì)疑PayPal的成功，不妨考慮一下這一點：PayPal的增長是如此迅猛，以至于它的收入可能在未來一兩年內(nèi)超過eBay，也就是說，它很快將成為eBay的最大業(yè)務。

And the best, starting with PayPal

????PayPal already had a huge following among eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) users when eBay acquired the online payment service for $1.5 billion more than a decade ago. It turned out to be one of the best tech deals of all time. EBay's ownership helped make PayPal even more ubiquitous for buying and selling in eBay's online marketplace. More importantly, it served as a launching pad for PayPal's growth off of eBay with merchants like United Airlines (UAL, Fortune 500), Dell(DELL, Fortune 500) and Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500). If there's any doubt about PayPal's success consider this: It's growing so fast that it will likely surpass eBay's marketplace in revenue within the next couple of years. Yes, PayPal will soon be eBay's biggest business.

安卓

????從規(guī)模上說，以5000萬美元收購這家叫安卓（Android）的小公司，對于谷歌（Google）來說只是九牛一毛。但正是8年前這筆不起眼的交易，為今天谷歌的安卓系統(tǒng)橫掃全球75%的智能手機市場和半數(shù)以上的平板電腦市場奠定了基礎(chǔ)，因此再怎么強調(diào)它的重要性也不為過。沒有安卓，谷歌和蘋果（Apple）的競爭就不可能存在，蘋果將把整個移動市場逼入絕境。

Android

????In terms of size, Google's (GOOG, Fortune 500) acquisition of Android, the mobile operating system maker, was miniscule at an estimated $50 million. But the deal eight years ago turned out to be a huge coup that ultimately served as the foundation for Google's Android operating system now used in 75% of all smartphones and more than half of all tablets sold. It's difficult to discount the importance. Without Android, the Google-Apple rivalry wouldn't exist. Appl (AAPL, Fortune 500)e would have cornered the mobile market.