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Nadella seems to be largely hands off W.R.T any funding / acquisitions. AFAIK, LinkedIn is still operating independently, Github too.
by GaryNumanVevo 6y ago
Nadella seems to be largely hands off W.R.T any funding / acquisitions. AFAIK, LinkedIn is still operating independently, Github too.
- kjeetgill 6y agoSince the acquisition I think LinkedIn is just starting to make moves towards even using Azure.
- shi314 6y agoBoth companies use Microsoft products instead of their own or from 3rd party companies. On the surface, they are independent companies. Hotmail was also independent company at start, now it is tightly integrated into Microsoft. Even Xbox was independent previously. Maybe in a decade or so, when they think they could create a profit model from their integration, they would become Microsoft LinkedIn and Microsoft OneHub something.
- GaryNumanVevo 6y ago?> Both companies use Microsoft products instead of their own This seems like quite a bold statement. From the outside, both LinkedIn and Github use plenty of their own products / 3rd party solutions.
- vikramkr 6y agoNeither of those could really be counted as "extinguished" though. Hotmail evolved into Outlook, and Xbox is doing quite well. Those seem like pretty solid outcomes.