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I rather dislike using corp-speak if it can be avoided.

But in this case... synergy???

Even allowing that Linkedin is fairly dominant in its niche, what benefit do either parties derive from being together? What does LI do for MS and vice versa? They seem orthogonal in concerns unless MS wants to build a "community" for itself. Kiss of Death, as mentioned, still seems to apply - LI is goona be "less cool" and 26B is a biggish chunk to faff on a very questionable buy.

Bet LinkedIn shareholders are :) $$$ :)

Nad is a hard guy to pin down. You think him smart: Win 10 giveaway, Linux mssql, BSD, net core.

Then he signs off on sheer stoopids that are way more visible: Win 10 install nagware & telemetry. And now this?