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> "The two biggest tactical mistakes you can make are staging a ground invasion of Russia in the winter, and partnering with Microsoft" While I hole heartily a
by bad_user 10y ago
> "The two biggest tactical mistakes you can make are staging a ground invasion of Russia in the winter, and partnering with Microsoft"
While I hole heartily agree with that line of reasoning, in this instance they are buying LinkedIn, not partnering with them.
Skype is still alive.
My problem is that LinkedIn is an overvalued property. I mean OK, Microsoft and others could extract useful data from it, but it's nothing you can't infer from other places IMO.
And mark my words, but Facebook will eat their lunch. Maybe that's why Microsoft bought LinkedIn, as a defensive move. Time will tell.
- mindcrime 10y agoWhile I hole heartily agree with that line of reasoning, in this instance they are buying LinkedIn, not partnering with them. Right, the point referring to that old saw was more of a comment on Microsoft's trustworthiness in general. That is, it is a suggestion that Microsoft are not to be trusted in terms of what they might do with the LI data. I mean OK, Microsoft and others could extract useful data from it, but it's nothing you can't infer from other places IMO Yeah, that's true.