{"id":11381,"date":"2016-06-17T06:34:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2023-06-05T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:10:13","slug":"cartoon-of-the-week-microsoft-acquires-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/cartoon-of-the-week-microsoft-acquires-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon of the Week – Microsoft acquires LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft is buying LinkedIn<\/strong> (and SlideShare) \u2013 a breathtaking $26.2 billion deal. First, that news sounds very surprising and confusing, but the buyout of the professional social network<\/strong> actually makes sense and is perfectly in line with Microsoft’s strategy, which is to recreate the world of work.
\nBut nonetheless, that news made many surfers react.
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And they are very worried about the privileged view that Microsoft is about to get of billions of resumes, knowledge networks and so on.
\nUsing #LinkedOut<\/a>, they\u2019re sharing messages and incentives to desert LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

Among these users, we find believers of open-source and free software who, obviously, never liked Microsoft\u2019s business policies.<\/p>\n

\"LinkedOut\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"#LinkedOut\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs soon as I saw Microsoft\u2019s announcement, I started to unsubscribe. I stopped only to retrieve my email addresses and contacts. Once I finish this process, I\u2019ll definitely unsubscribe. I did exactly the same with Skype<\/strong>, in 2011.
\nWhen I hear Microsoft is somewhere, I feel like I\u2019m colliding with its hegemony, and that I\u2019ll find myself weakened. I\u2019m afraid for my conversations and data privacy, and that\u2019s precisely why I\u2019m leaving this network. I don\u2019t want my passwords to be found on the Deep Web next month<\/em>,\u201d said the owner of an IT business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By buying LinkedIn<\/strong>, Microsoft<\/strong> is making its biggest acquisition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that you came to LinkedIn to make a difference in the world, and I want you to know that I believe that, working together, we can make an even bigger and more positive difference in the future.\u201d \u2013 Satya Nadella, Microsoft executive director, in an email to LinkedIn employees<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Microsoft\u2019s leaders say LinkedIn is to remain independent, but few believe that. It\u2019s a very risky bet that Microsoft is making. Remember what happened when it bought back Nokia\u2019s Mobile, to remain in the smartphone \u201chunt\u201d? Well, it was an unmitigated disaster.<\/p>\n

And if people are going to keep on running away from LinkedIn because of trust issues with Microsoft, this acquisition will become one of the biggest business flops of the century.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your take on that?<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more fun cartoons!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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