Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!

Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.

LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.

Not ON AOL, to AOL. MS had their advertising division - and they sold it TO AOL.

I guess to use Scott's example, they could have felt that the current staff/content, etc was crap and instead of trying to fix it, they ditched it.. then turn around and buy a better one.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.

LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.

Not ON AOL, to AOL. MS had their advertising division - and they sold it TO AOL.

I guess to use Scott's example, they could have felt that the current staff/content, etc was crap and instead of trying to fix it, they ditched it.. then turn around and buy a better one.

Probably far less about staff and far more about platform. Developing a new LinkedIn is probably impossible. Buying the existing one is easy. Fixing a marketing team with no platform is impossible, etc.

ChrisL

@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

I'd not be surprised if they are not being paid a LOT for that. Is it really HP not HPE?

Actually I have no idea who's making the Windows phone.

Yeah, neither does the general public.

Dashrender

@ChrisL said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

I'd not be surprised if they are not being paid a LOT for that. Is it really HP not HPE?

Actually I have no idea who's making the Windows phone.

Yeah, neither does the general public.

lol - nice, I see what you did there

But for business, not sure it really matters.

Ambarishrh

I guess Lynda goes with this. May be integrate with virtual academy?

DustinB3403

I thought windows phone was dead, now it's just Windows 10.

MattSpeller

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Dashrender

@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:

I thought windows phone was dead, now it's just Windows 10.

Yeah, I think the Phone name is dead, but they have Windows Mobile, which is a version of Windows 10 for small devices.

jospoortvliet

Twitter is full of hilarious comments, btw. Among the best are the ones like this:
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella accidentally acquired LinkedIn as he tried to delete his account.

https://twitter.com/SirSteven/status/742354404385431552