Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

Post by Silhouette » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 4:47 PM UTC

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is really close to profit This is the thing I find hard to understand about these big corporate acquisitions. What multiple of "really close to profit" makes a bigger number than $26B? If it's a start-up with obvious potential but relatively early in its life, or an established business that is currently reinvesting revenues on a large scale to drive growth, I can understand not being concerned about the profits. But…

26B dollars itself isn't making any money, so all it has to do is make some money and its a good deal.

Post by twoarrays » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 4:53 PM UTC

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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…

>Actually looking forward to MS's UX folk cleaning up LinkedIn. This. This the only reason im excited about the acquisition. LinkedIn UX is awful. What makes me nervous though, is some things could get worse. (skype has gone downhill ever since the acquisition i feel).

Post by manigandham » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

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The outer edges of Twitter's user base will frighten off most corporate acquirers. Too much ISIS; too much political screaming; and a user culture that doesn't want Facebook style barriers to R-rated or X-rated content. Big companies hate to be caught in the middle of controversies. LinkedIn's content is safe to a fault. Buying Twitter and making it uncontroversial would drain two-thirds of the value right away. Mayb…

Twitter users actually spend time on Twitter, read status updates from hundreds of followed accounts, have it installed on their phones, etc. And at least for me Twitter has been much more interesting than Facebook. Because even though most of my friends are on Facebook, most of the people I admire are on Twitter. LinkedIn on the other hand is, depending on your point of view, either a database of incomplete, mostly…

Post by phamilton » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

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Seems grossly over priced on a per active user basis: ________ 26.2 billion / (425 million*25% active) = $247 per active user

Post by andrepd » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 5:01 PM UTC

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Just because something is normal doesn't make it right. And just because something takes some telemetry data doesn't mean taking any data is ok. Microsoft has done just fine with windows without taking all this additional information, so I just don't understand the argument that they need it. Also, I think windows 10 is closer to adware than spyware. I think it is adware as it sneakily installs itself, and it has ads…

> Just because something is normal doesn't make it right. That's debatable, but why should Microsoft allow its competitors have an advantage over them because of telemetry data? The collection doesn't do you any harm, it's not invasive. They aren't looking at your file names, or the text in your documents or your keystrokes. The only time they gather keystroke information is when you're in Cortana...which is literall…