Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn

[HEXUS]

The price to pay for enhancing social-media presence.

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[OilSheikh]

Don't you just hate it when everything is acquired by one company?

[3dcandy]

Office 365 subscription - get LinkedIn Pro free

[g8ina]

Thats it, in the words of a Dragon - "Im out"

[FRISH]

A website that I don't care about writes an article about a company I care little about buying a company I care nothing about.

A website that you don't care about yet feel the urge to view anyway and leave a comment...

[outwar6010]

A website that I don't care about writes an article about a company I care little about buying a company I care nothing about.

A website that you don't care about yet feel the urge to view anyway and leave a comment...

And an account for lol

[Tabbykatze]

Oh noes, more data snafu-age is going to happen and it's all getting snorted up by 2-3 companies. Nothing is safe! Run for your lives! </sarcasm>

I'm quite interested to see what Microsoft do with LinkedIn and where they focus the company's drive.

[Mucka]

I can see it ending badly

[peterb]

Oh noes, more data snafu-age is going to happen and it's all getting snorted up by 2-3 companies. Nothing is safe! Run for your lives! </sarcasm>

I'm quite interested to see what Microsoft do with LinkedIn and where they focus the company's drive.

Judging by Microsoft's track record, they probably won't do much: cf Nokia. They have done some stuff with Skype for professional applications - a lot of BBC reports are now done over Skype - but my guess is that they want a chunk of 'social media' although LinkedIn <> Facebook!