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LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft. These things make me very hesitant using Github (another Microsoft outlet) more. First make it dominant then milk it to the bone
by Gys 6y ago
LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft. These things make me very hesitant using Github (another Microsoft outlet) more.
First make it dominant then milk it to the bone?
- Phrenzy 6y agoEmbrace, Extend, Extinguish. They have been doing it for years.
- agrd00 6y agoI just interviewed with GH and they claimed MS hasn’t interfered, having learned lessons from earlier buyouts. Sounds like it was more of a goodwill gesture to stabilize a resource important to the internet. Tbh LinkedIn could very well have bubbled this up if their culture was untouched. Never really seemed like much more than Facebook curated for professional profile content. Pretty like minded sort of snooping, IMO. Not saying MS isn’t interfering and GH is selling a line. Also no evidence this isn’t just LinkedIn hiring the same kind of people. They’re kind of all over.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoStandard procedure on acquisitions is to not rock the boat in the first few years to keep the institutional knowledge from fleeing. Then you borgify with new management.