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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by zjaffee on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:26PM (#11897806)
This is much bigger than that. Linkedin has around 7k employees in the bay area, far more than Microsoft currently has down here.

This acquisition will transform Microsoft into a major bay area Employeer, with >10k people working in the region.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by josephmx on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:28AM (#11900786)
Why in the world does LinkedIn need 7k employees?
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by HappyTypist on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @06:05AM (#11900906)
Sales.
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