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I agree, plus Slideshare can be a massive boost to Powerpoint.
by ravivyas 10y ago
I agree, plus Slideshare can be a massive boost to Powerpoint.
- threeseed 10y agoActually 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.
- ravivyas 10y agoYup and Rapportive too.
- mistermann 10y agoDon't know if Lynda is a particularly great platform for training but imho MS would be well advised to spend the pittance it would cost to develop high quality free training for all of its applications. Productive users of your tools is important, or should be.
- redwards510 10y agoYou mean something like Microsoft Virtual Academy[1] or Channel9 [2]? Both are free, excellent learning resources on par with Lynda or Pluralsight. [1] http://microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ http://microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ [2] https://channel9.msdn.com/ https://channel9.msdn.com/
- tacticus 10y agoAs someone who has to suffer through lynda. it's a pretty good example of a terrible platform
- _hao 10y agoAs far as I know, Microsoft owns Pluralsight. They also recently bought Digital Tutors. Perhaps another big merge will happen between Pluralsight and Lynda.
- mikepk 10y agoMicrosoft does not own Pluralsight (employee)
- MildlySerious 10y ago> 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.
- giancarlostoro 10y agoCould of been LinkedIn who did it, they might of wanted to integrate the service into LinkedIn possibly?
- MildlySerious 10y agoI would assume so. It's still sad that these ideas keep getting killed off.
- xanderstrike 10y agoWayback Machine shows the 301s start appearing in late 2015.
- giancarlostoro 10y agoI had no idea LinkedIn owned these sites / services. Especially Lynda... Microsoft could do quite a bit with Lynda they could train programmers through that, maybe even make it more interactive? There's of course other things they could do to those other sites. I really hope they don't just pull the plug on some of them though.
- dkarapetyan 10y agoHave you ever been on the ground floor of a synergistic acquisition? In theory it should be easy to integrate data sources and reap the benefits. In practice what happens are year long efforts and organizational re-structurings every 3-6 months depending on what the cadence is with the end result being people being shuffled around and no benefits being reaped.
- shostack 10y agoThe restructuring is a huge part of it. Like Game of Thrones: Corporate Edition. Everyone is fighting to keep their job and use the opportunity to climb the ladder, and ensure their pet projects remain competitive. There are MASSIVE political interests from all levels and they can often eclipse the focus on actual integration and joining forces.
- sverige 10y agoThis is absolutely the case. Having been through my share of re-orgs due to M&As, another side-effect is that often some of the best talent leaves when things don't go quite the way they wanted.
- dj_doh 10y agoStuffs like these are going to be great boost for MS and its cloud initiative. Zenefit-esque product is next on the horizon.
- blahi 10y agoAnd Lynda to developer and productivity tools.