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Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by fphhotchips »

mbesto wrote: post #800
exelius wrote: post #299

Great move. IMO this is Microsoft making a play for HR managed services -- look for them to sign a big deal with ADP / BenefitsExpress / buy someone like Zenefits to complement this purchase. The power and value of LinkedIn is as a recruiting platform; and recruiting is a big-money problem that's only getting worse. If they can turn LinkedIn into a benefits management platform, that would be a huge win for Microsoft…

> Oracle, Salesforce and IBM Sorry to nitpick, but why isn't SAP ever mentioned in this same list? Believe it or not, but SAP does more than double that of SFDC for business software.

I'll take two guesses:

1. Oracle, Salesforce and IBM are all US companies, while SAP is German. That's not necessarily good or bad, but it would tend to be out of sight out of mind for this site's audience.

2. SAP is very insular, in a way that Oracle and IBM kind of try to be but aren't really.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by askafriend »

c_c_c wrote: post #774
whack wrote: post #502

This is a fantastic move for Microsoft, and IMO, a premature throwing-in-the-towel moment for LinkedIn. At $26B, that's less than 10% of Facebook's market-cap. That's a steal for the world's biggest Social-Professional Network, and the medium through which most recruiting could conceivably happen in the future. Given that MS currently has no social presence at all, but has a fantastic enterprise sales channel, Linked…

LinkedIn at 10% of Facebook's cap is super over valued. It's pure spam. Everyone is suggesting Microsoft will improve, add features! It would have been better and cheaper to create from scratch. LinkedIn exists in a space that none of the big player care to enter seriously.

It would not have been cheaper to create from scratch, certainly not in a reasonable amount of time. You're truly underestimating just how sticky a product like LinkedIn really is.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by ethbro »

Retra wrote: post #787
shimon wrote: post #649

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A few reasons: - There's one widely accessible database where resumes can be found. Since many people want to be found by prospective employers, this gives them an obvious place to put it. - The resume format can be standardized, so you can focus on meaningful differences instead of the cognitive challenges of extracting meaning from a heavily stylized document. - There can be a commonly available API for exposing th…

There are just as many benefits to a standardized infrastructure as there are downfalls caused by adopting the wrong standard, by forcing people onto it, or by using it for too long.

Wasn't that what the whole LinkedIn "I vouch this person knows X" was supposed to be about?

I assumed that was basically for the purpose of ignoring your resume and selling recruiters a more accurate social graph backed summary of your skillet.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by xanderstrike »

MildlySerious wrote: post #589
threeseed wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> Refresh.io - relationship content surfacing First time I heard that. Wanted to check it out. Redirects to LinkedIn now. Acquisitions killing off the acquired products is a trend I do not enjoy.

Wayback Machine shows the 301s start appearing in late 2015.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by therein »

EdHominem wrote: post #755
riazrizvi wrote: post #457

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how much of the value was attributed to vanity metrics like the number of times people check the site? An inflated number since LinkedIn started using short term exploitation tactics like sending Notification Badges for your contacts' Birthdays and Work Anniversaries. Personally I also feel fleeced out of an outrageous monthly subscription that was sneaked through an undeclared AppStore transaction (I got >5…

Did you consider suing? It's the only way to reach today's modern corporation.

Or you know, you could post it here and I bet you can find someone who works for the company.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by SeaDude »

bgribble wrote: post #280

Microsoft exec #1: "It seems that people are hating us less and less these days. Somehow, the quality of our products and services is perceived as higher and less hostile to users. That's a problem!" Microsoft exec #2: "How about we acquire one of the most hated brands out there? One that makes tech people grind their teeth when it's even mentioned. How about LinkedIn? That should tarnish our image up till it's right…

Mark my words...

Microsoft should have bought Wordpress. Much cheaper and could replace Sharepoint which is the most terrible invention on earth.

Why diversify your confusing offerings even further from relevance? LinkedIN? Come on.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by kingosticks »

krzyk wrote: post #679
maerF0x0 wrote: post #657

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And can get rid of horrible Webex calls.

Webex at least works under linux (unfortunatelly only 32bit firefox).

I maintain a windows vm solely for running webex! I did not know this worked - thanks.
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