[09:21] <ajmitch> evening
[18:36] <ibeardslee> morning
[18:59] <ojwb> morning
[19:36] <chilts> morning
[21:52] <hads> Someone just tweeted that Lion bought Emersons; https://twitter.com/beerlytweeting/status/265571240062898176
[21:58] <ibeardslee> hmmm :|
[22:07] <hads> Oh sad, it's true.
[22:09] <hads> http://paste.nothing.net.nz/15d48e
[22:10] <hads> The new macs.
[22:11] <ibeardslee> on the good side .. Lion haven't been arse about trademarks yet have they?
[22:11] <ojwb> suing apple?
[22:11] <ojwb> macs could too!
[22:16] <mwhudson> huh
[22:17] <hads> Oh well, plenty of other craft breweries around.
[22:18] <ibeardslee> do you think it'll change if it is a 'stand alone unit'
[22:18] <ibeardslee> is it the nice beer or the small underdog that you like?
[22:21] <ojwb> or the fear as to how long that will last
[22:26] <thumper> morning
[22:39] <hads> ibeardslee: Both
[22:39] <hads> And what ojwb said.
[22:39]  * ibeardslee nods
[22:40] <hads> I'd rather drink nice beer and support a small local business rather than a multinational.
[22:40] <hads> Wigram and Three boys are just up the road anyway.
[22:41]  * ibeardslee nods vigorously to that
[22:49] <chilts> as always, companies that buy other companies say "they'll stay being them" and the companies being bought say "we'll still be the same" and in 6 months or a year they'll no longer exist and the only remainder is the brands they bought since all the people will have left
[22:50]  * chilts looks at YouTube, Flickr and the miriad of other tech companies that got bought and either got merged or shutdown
[22:50] <chilts> the only thing left is the brand they bought, which is the only thing of any value
[22:55] <ojwb> capitalism, eh?