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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by mrweasel on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:01AM (#11893394)
Revenue isn't really relevant when you're losing money as fast as Linkedin. They have no real competitors, and they still aren't able to turn a profit.

Even $3 billion is to much.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by jonknee on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:20AM (#11894086)
They're not losing money all that fast and are spending heavily on growth. They also have a lot of money in the bank ($3.1B in cash and short term securities) so that's pretty much exactly what it's there for.
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