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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#52I'm not sure what Microsoft is getting with LinkedIn for $26bn.
I know it is a little crazy, but I think they would have been better off buying Redhat for $15bn or Canonical (Ubuntu linux) for even cheaper.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does anyone have a reference to even some wild speculation as to what Microsoft gets out of for their own business? Or is this just somewhere to park some cash? I am honestly confused.
More connections to enterprise, potential for some cloud HR play, a ready-established pseudo social network to compete with Facebook for Work (maybe as part of a Yammer, Office365, Skype for Business play), s t-tonne of user data, SlideShare...
I'm still confused.
If someone is shopping for a job on LinkedIn, do they want their employer to know that? Isn't there some risk of trust violation? Why would I want to take my online resume and hand it out around work?
I just don't get the synergy plays here. They all feel like a very expensive moonshot.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#54Oh wow. This purchase does not make any sense. What benefit does LinkedIn bring to Microsoft?
Wouldn't surprise me another competitor will emerge and replace LinkedIn. It's time anyway with their annoying spamming of late.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#55Perhaps LinkedIn will use fewer evil antipatterns now that its ownership has something resembling a reputation to uphold.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#56" Will continue to operate independently ".
Why do they even say that. Microsoft didn't pay 20billion for a passive investment.
Such a silly thing to say.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#57Oh, I can just imagine how the process went at MS: * Exec A: Social things are Good (coming to the conclusion about 10 years too late) * Exec B: Shall we create our own Google+? * Exec C: No, that didn't turn out that well for Google. Let's buy something existing. * Exec B: Ok, I've Googled a list of top 10 social networking sites for sale, and ordered them by list price, but really we'll need to come up with a strat…
More like: * Exec B: Ok, I've *Binged a list of top 10 social networking sites for sale, and ordered them by price, but really we'll need to come up with a strategy first to make a good choice...
I think googling was part of the joke
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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#59Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#60A huge database which can be utilized for sales. Who to talk to with what profile, which kind of approach is likely to work, and so forth. A great opportunity for some data mining folks!