Smart, even if it's just to scale TAG and secure that capability in a period of global instability with a heavy cyber component. As another commenter calculated $10M/employee is pretty good - especially if Google had excess cash on its balance sheet. That $10M/employee in cash is going to be worth maybe $8M in purchasing power in 3-5 years, less after, and getting cash into productive assets is a bit of a scramble right now. Regardless of what some folks in security think of FireEye, strategically it seems pretty smart.

Maybe we should bet on a wave of other big acquisitions by companies with big cash reserves as well?