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LinkedIn and Github are not TikTok :)

• sirspacey 6y ago
  True, but they have both operated independently & incredibly successfully with full support from Microsoft’s leadership. If TikTok had a future, it was at Microsoft.
  • cwyers 6y ago
    And Microsoft has a pretty successful consumer products division -- not the cash cow that enterprise sales are to them, but they do have consumer products. Including the Xbox division, which targets a lot of the market that TikTok does. Exactly what direct-to-consumer business targeting people in their teens/early 20s does Oracle have?
    • ethbr0 6y ago
      > Exactly what direct-to-consumer business targeting people in their teens/early 20s does Oracle have? Ah, but therein lies the genius of the purchase. In 40 years, the current TikTok userbase will be technology-hating, risk-adverse VPs -- a prime Oracle demographic. They're just getting in early.
  • HeWhoLurksLate 6y ago
    Speaking of which, I remember when I thought Minecraft andead because Microsoft bought them.d Mojang were
  • HeWhoLurksLate 6y ago
    Speaking of which, I remember when my friends thought Minecraft was going to die because Microsoft bought Mojang.