Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang

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Post by thethimble » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:12 PM UTC

Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang
online.wsj.com

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#2

Post by blaincate » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:16 PM UTC

looks like a low ballpark figure ; $2 billion .

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Post by Kronopath » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:19 PM UTC

Link to read the article without a subscription:

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

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#4

Post by thorn » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:19 PM UTC

Sigh. I thought it's bad manner to give links to resource where you cannot read the article without additional actions like sign-up.

Also it's not hacker news. I am sorry. But quality of links being promoted here degraded in quality and keeps going down.

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#5

Post by henryw » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

thorn wrote: post #4

Sigh. I thought it's bad manner to give links to resource where you cannot read the article without additional actions like sign-up. Also it's not hacker news. I am sorry. But quality of links being promoted here degraded in quality and keeps going down.

Just search "Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang" and click the first link to see full article.

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Post by Pyrodogg » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:23 PM UTC

The Minecraft modding community just had a ridiculous few weeks with the various dramas surrounding Bukkit (a popular, extensible server mod).

I can't wait to see what the reactions are to this news.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:23 PM UTC

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Post by thepumpkin1979 » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

I hit that paywall every single time. Can we have a rule against posting links with paywalls? WSJ and other websites can either disable it for HN or we don't link to these websites at all.

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Post by Freaky » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:26 PM UTC

henryw wrote: post #5

thorn wrote: post #4

Sigh. I thought it's bad manner to give links to resource where you cannot read the article without additional actions like sign-up. Also it's not hacker news. I am sorry. But quality of links being promoted here degraded in quality and keeps going down.

Just search "Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang" and click the first link to see full article.

Does nothing here, still an article fragment.

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#10

Post by readerrrr » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 10:26 PM UTC

Kronopath wrote: post #3

Link to read the article without a subscription: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

Still blocked for me.

I agree with thepumpkin1979:

I hit that paywall every single time. Can we have a rule against posting links with paywalls? WSJ and other websites can either disable it for HN or we don't link to these websites at all.