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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 6/19/16 1:43 PM, Paul Sture wrote:
> 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...
>

I stopped using Office when it became a "cloud" package.  Of course,
now, if I had subscribed, I would be screwed because of my being
limited to only the Internet I can get on a smartphone. :-)

I see more and more businesses moving to things like Open Office.
I never did and I certainly don't trust Microsoft today.

bill