Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
Oh, I can just imagine how the process went at MS:<p>* Exec A: Social things are Good (coming to the conclusion about 10 years too late)<p>* Exec B: Shall we create our own Google+?<p>* Exec C: No, that didn&#x27;t turn out that well for Google. Let&#x27;s buy something existing.<p>* Exec B: Ok, I&#x27;ve Googled a list of top 10 social networking sites for sale, and ordered them by list price, but really we&#x27;ll need to come up with a strategy first to make a good choice...<p>* Exec A: Booooring. Let&#x27;s just buy the cheapest one and be done with it. What&#x27;s the worst which could happen? Gimme a bonus.<p>To be honest, they&#x27;re probably buying the users, not the product.