Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US operations

Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by ilrwbwrkhv on Friday July 31, 2020 @08:35PM (#24016111)

Difference is yahoo had arguably one of the worst CEOs ever: Marissa Mayer where as Microsoft has a wizard: Satya Nadella.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by rabuse on Friday July 31, 2020 @10:09PM (#24016735)

Nobody kills a product like Yahoo. I've always said that everything they acquire dies, and then they sell it for near nothing.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by totetsu on Friday July 31, 2020 @10:26PM (#24016834)

deleting irreplaceable cultural history as they go

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by whereistimbo on Saturday August 01, 2020 @10:44AM (#24020798)

What's worst about Marissa Mayer? she arrived when things gone worse. I argued the worst was Jerry Yang.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by jjoonathan on Friday July 31, 2020 @09:09PM (#24016325)

At the time she was considered a star, at least in my circles.

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