[Info-vax] Microsoft buys LinkedIn, Was: Re: VMS and Sweden

[Paul Sture]

On 2016-06-19, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
> On 2016-06-19, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
>> On 2016-06-14, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>>
>>> Of course, given recent developments, in the future Clippy's likely to
>>> pop up after the search and ask "Can I interest you in Windows 10
>>> instead ?". :-)
>>
>><http://www.donthitsave.com/comic/2016/06/14/microsoft-linkedin>
>>
>
> I see I'm not the only one to think this. :-)
>
>><http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/opinion/why-linkedin-will-make-you-hate-microsoft-word.html>
>>
>
> For that to work, surely Microsoft would have to send context from
> your documents, which would include details of what your current
> project is, to LinkedIn.

A poke around the Office 365 Wiki brought me to Yammer, which MS bought
in 2012, and subsequently announced (2914) were moving into Office 365.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_365>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yammer#History>

and "What the Heck is Yammer?":

<http://www.pcworld.com/article/260517/what_is_heck_is_yammer.html>

> If so, I wonder how many companies would be happy for their privacy
> to be compromised in that way ?

A lot of folks seem blind to it.  Convenience trumps privacy...

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