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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by lloyd-christmas »

prirun wrote: post #217
lloyd-christmas wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You not liking it doesn't make it a poor business strategy.

I went to a store once, and their cash registers were down because a Windows update was forced on them. One was working, 2 weren't. A store manager was on the phone with some tech support guy and was not happy.

I went to a store once and that didn't happen. I work in a building of 1000 people. MAYBE 30-50 of them cared, and half those people still won't act on it. People are trying their hardest to find allies. When it comes down to it, consumers are perfectly OK with the status quo. The status quo is Microsoft doing whatever they want. "Everyone" hates Monsanto, yet they still are one of the largest companies in the world. "Everyone" hates Goldman Sachs, yet every retirement portfolio is filled with their products.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by cs2818 »

I mostly avoid LinkedIn, then they acquired Lynda.com and began integrating into (and basically degrading the experience of) a platform I had enjoyed for many years.

My only concern is what this means for Lynda.com, it would be great if it could return to its pre-LinkedIn state, but I have a feeling it will somehow only get worse.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

ckastner wrote: post #33

For reference, IPO in May 2011 was for $45/share, and they closed at $94.25 on the first day for a total market cap of $9bn, according to this [1] source. [1] http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/19/technology/linkedin_IPO/

If you bought into the IPO in May, you'd have realised a 33% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

[1] (196 / 45) ^ (1 / numberOfYearsSinceMay2011==5.118) - 1

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by coldtea »

nailer wrote: post #80
ivoras wrote: post #11

Oh, 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…

>- There's a bunch of interesting opportunities for intrgating Dynamics, Yammer, and other MS tools with LinkedIn.

I doubt there are any "get $26 billion dollars back" opportunities...

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by bigheadpercoli »

threeseed wrote: post #148
curiousgal wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 basically Facebook for white collar people. It has a news feed, friends, events etc. But also has a jobs section. Given how ubiquitous it is every recruiter and sales guy is on there trying to push stuff.

Events is deeply broken though

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by ebiester »

_asummers wrote: post #198
sz4kerto wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Satya's steps in the last two years have been very well thought out, so I don't think it happened like this. They seem to be betting on cloud first and foremost, and on businesses (vs. personal computing) after that. LinkedIn is really in the same set of products as O365 (in my head, at least).

They're also likely going to try and move LinkedIn to Azure, which they'll use as documentation on how to move large shops to Azure, using it as their Netflix.

...Because that worked so well with hotmail.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by mrweasel »

hammerbrostime wrote: post #94

I'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.

It think the negativity is mostly due to the price tag. If I was a shareholder I would be furious over Microsoft paying $26billion for a money losing company. Even if Microsoft see some potential the rest of us aren't, and we have to assume that they are, they still need to find a way to turn a profit on the deal.

Given that they bought Nokia, only to shut it down, more or less, it would be reasonable for the shareholders to get a plan, detailing how LinkedIn will boost Microsofts business, with more that the $26 billion.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by forgotAgain »

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