ALL CASH. Holy fuck.
I bet the wire transfer gets held up for being potentially fraudulent because it's so big. I'd love to be the call centre worker who picks up that call.
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#202The comments here are hilarious, they really reveal the IT bubble. The only real complaint about this purchase would be that LinkedIn was overvalued. And I wouldn't bet on that since Microsoft surely sent a big team of their brightest cookies to make a valuation of the company. But other than that, LinkedIn fits: it is a corporate social network, if you will. I know that "corporate social network" is almost an oxymor…
LinkedIn is very big in enterprise sales, for example - gathering intel on the org.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#203Skype, Nokia, Minecraft, LinkedIn. Also Yahoo, almost, at one point. Best of luck to Microsoft with its latest acquisition. It doesn't look that sensible though.
Skype is one of the more regrettable acquisitions. Linux support has been deplorable ever since.
I've always assumed that was part of the embrace-extend-extinguish - "look at this shitty OS, Skype doesn't even work on there; you should use Win X".
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#204The comments here are hilarious, they really reveal the IT bubble. The only real complaint about this purchase would be that LinkedIn was overvalued. And I wouldn't bet on that since Microsoft surely sent a big team of their brightest cookies to make a valuation of the company. But other than that, LinkedIn fits: it is a corporate social network, if you will. I know that "corporate social network" is almost an oxymor…
> And I wouldn't bet on that since Microsoft surely sent a big team of their brightest cookies to make a valuation of the company.
The same people who valued Nokia ($7.6 billion writedown) and aQuantive ($6 billion writedown)?
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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Like the forced Win10 updates, spyware, ads directly in the OS which you paid for, ...?
iOS is the same, I see "update to 9.something" everyday! Same goes for iTunes when you plug in your phone.
Any time Microsoft is criticized for making the most boring tech out there, and looking like an uninspired company, there's always one person to hit back at Apple (and more often than not, the iPhone/iOS)
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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I agree, plus Slideshare can be a massive boost to Powerpoint.
Actually there hasn't been enough talk about the companies LinkedIn acquired. Connectifier - recruiting intelligence Lynda - online learning FlipTop - predictive marketing RunHop - personalised content Refresh.io - relationship content surfacing These could be huge additions to Azure, Office 365, Bing, Cortana etc.
Yup and Rapportive too.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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But large numbers of people not liking it does make it a poor business strategy - not immediately, but it's the sort of thing people will remember.
Large numbers of people in the tech community . Most people aren't us.
My dad isn't in the 'tech community' but he'll certainly remember the windows 10 upgrade as it broke his computer.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#208This kinda makes sense from an enterprise social network perspective. This could tie really well and augment their messaging products (Skype for Business (was Lync)). Most professionals may not have Skype or may not wish to expose their Skype ids but maybe ok with LinkedIn as that has always been their professional front. So basically every LinkedIn account has Skype integration. I can see the marketing angle from a group meeting, and eventually collaboration perspective.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
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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
Facebook for employees; not just recruiting, but sales and B2B generally.
Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
#210I'm surprised by the amount of negativity about the deal here on HN. It seems like an excellent match. I could see LinkedIn as an asset for Microsoft anywhere in the realms of work collaboration and HR. No other social network besides LinkedIn comes close to complimenting MicroSoft's wheelhouse of enterprise utility.
I agree, plus Slideshare can be a massive boost to Powerpoint.
And Lynda to developer and productivity tools.