The internet is becomming more and more like real world businesses. We're going to be left with four or so big companies. Facebook, Google, Microsoft. Yahoo Twitter e.t.c will be swallowed up next.
Don't forget Amazon
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#72Holy fuck that is a lot of money. How on earth is LinkedIn worth anywhere near that?!
Unlike Snapchat or Instagram, which could very likely turn into MySpace 2.0 or 3.0, Linkedin is actually very entrenched in its market.
This just isn't true. There's nothing about LinkedIn that makes it any more indispensable than those sites or Monster.com or any other site popular with recruiters in the past.
This is going to go down in history as one of the most overpriced, worst acquisitions of all time. LinkedIn has already become more associated with being spammy than with any positive connotations.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#73The last gasp. Just like Yahoo with tumblr. When a corporate behemoth has a dream of transformation, they rather just buy that dream than to actually undergo transformation themselves.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#74Oh, 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…
Microsoft actually created their own social network: http://www.so.cl/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So.cl
And Microsoft bought Yammer - an "enterprise social network for businesses".
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#75Does this mean clippy is going to start offering me jobs?
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#76I'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.
They still could. They do have a bit of cash.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#77I was already very upset with the direction Windows 10 was taking in term of privacy. Now Microsoft wants to be big in social network. I hate to say that but it is really time to ditch Windows.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unlike Snapchat or Instagram, which could very likely turn into MySpace 2.0 or 3.0, Linkedin is actually very entrenched in its market.
What market is exactly that? I still have no idea what Linkedin is all about. Edit: Yes, keep downvoting me, asking questions about LinkedIn clearly doesn't add to the discussion. sigh
LinkedIn is Monster+Facebook on steroids.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#79Holy fuck that is a lot of money. How on earth is LinkedIn worth anywhere near that?!
I would like to second this thought! Even with ad money HOW?!?@?#? But on the other hand this does feel right, Linkedin does feel like the Microsoft of Social Networking.
"The Microsoft of Social Networking"
Love it.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#80Oh, 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…
I imagine it was more like:
- Microsoft has the money
- LinkedIn is the biggest thing in recruiting (I don't especially like it either, but it is). I wouldn't personally hire someone via recruiters or LinkedIn, but I would hire someone via a recomendation from a contact I maintain on LinkedIn.
- Microsoft makes business tools
- There's a bunch of interesting opportunities for intrgating Dynamics, Yammer, and other MS tools with LinkedIn.
Actually looking forward to MS's UX folk cleaning up LinkedIn.
Edit: Nadella said re: how MS looks at acquisitions (http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/13/11920306/microsoft-ceo-sat...) "Is this asset riding secular usage and technology trends?" - anyone know what that means?