According to Allfacebook.com Microsoft is probably About to Buy Facebook for $50 Billion? What do you think?
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Is Microsoft About to Buy Facebook?
According to Allfacebook.com Microsoft is probably About to Buy Facebook for $50 Billion? What do you think?
There's a lot of pure speculation in that guy's post. He's inferred from Ballmer talking about Yahoo! again that Microsoft wants to buy Facebook, and that they'll pay $50 billion for it?
That Microsoft would make an offer to acquire Facebook if they're considering an offer from Google, that I can see.
That Facebook is worth as much as Yahoo!... I can't buy that. FB doesn't even compare, in terms of technology or size and stability of the user base, to Yahoo!.
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I doubt Microsoft would buy Facebook. To date almost every single Microsoft attempt to make an online only service work has ended up either in failure to being pushed to the sidelines by Google or another provider. Microsoft do not seem to have a very good sense for what works online.
Facebook isn't worth 50 billion dollars and I don't see the benefit to Microsoft here.
People post a lot of personal information on Facebook. Would they feel comfortable with Microsoft having all that personal information?
If Microsoft did purchase Facebook, I predict the site would take a HUGE hit, dealing yet another blow to Microsoft's image. That's one more reason I don't think M$ would buy Facebook.
I never heard this, has there been any updates on this subject?
$50 BILLION! I don't think face(book) will book that amountOriginally Posted by vgarcia
Why would people have problem with sharing personal information with Microsoft?
They have been sharing that info for ages with Hotmail and it’s among the leading mail service provider in the web and continues to grow. So the argument that Facebook would take a huge hit BECAUSE users are not comfortable with MS is apocryphal.
Because of its reputation?
Many people have expressed concerns about Google's vast information vacuum cleaner, even though Google is far more respected than Microsoft. If Google purchased Facebook, I'm certain there would be a lot of griping here on Sitepoint's forums. A M$ purchase would set off even more alarm bells.They have been sharing that info for ages with Hotmail and it’s among the leading mail service provider in the web and continues to grow. So the argument that Facebook would take a huge hit BECAUSE users are not comfortable with MS is apocryphal.
What you say about Hotmail may be true, but Hotmail is far different than Facebook. The average Hotmail user probably isn't even aware that it's owned by Microsoft and likely thinks all their information is private. Facebook is more "out there." People use it to network with friends and relatives and post all kinds of private information on it.
I just have a hunch that a lot of Facebook users would get nervous if they learned that it was about to be purchased by Microsoft. It would certainly be interesting to monitor all the anti-Microsoft Facebook groups.
I think that's pretty unlikely. They'd have to be pretty ignorant to not know Windows is owned by Microsoft, and virtually all of the non-techy Hotmail users would have signed up through MSN, their default homepage on the new PC.
There will no doubt be many anti-Microsoft groups if there are serious talks of a buyout, but no more than if Google were taking over.
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What reputation? Please remind me about Microsoft's history of causing a huge uproar among users after messing with their data.
Your Inbox is more personal than your Facebook account. A lot of personal data gets passed around in emails than it does in a social network. Just check some of the emails you sent over the past few weeks. No one can log into your account and check your personal emails while most of your friends can easily see most of your profile information in a social network. If someone could trust a provider with their Inbox, It’s hard to see why they would mind sharing their social network profile.
Except they’d be true. Their data isn’t any less private in Hotmail then it is in Gmail or Yahoo. Unless you aren't beating about the bush and have a proof against it, of course.
If your claim that an average user do not know Hotmail belongs to MS is to be believed, it could just easily be argued that they wouldn’t care to know if Facebook was bought by MS either. When Flickr was bought by Yahoo, most of the users hardly noticed.
Sorry, I don't have time to do your homework.
That might be true, but do you think the average, non-techie realizes that? I think many people just intuitively feel that their e-mail is somehow private and secure, but social groups like Facebook are more public. In fact, I've talked to people who said they're leery of joining social groups, yet virtually everyone has an e-mail account these days.Your Inbox is more personal than your Facebook account. A lot of personal data gets passed around in emails than it does in a social network.
Well, I guess we'll find out if M$ buys Facebook.Just check some of the emails you sent over the past few weeks. No one can log into your account and check your personal emails while most of your friends can easily see most of your profile information in a social network. If someone could trust a provider with their Inbox, It’s hard to see why they would mind sharing their social network profile.
Yahoo isn't Microsoft. I'm not a Yahoo fan, but it isn't nearly as powerful or widely feared and hated as Microsoft. Frankly, I think Yahoo scarcely registers on most people's radar.If your claim that an average user do not know Hotmail belongs to MS is to be believed, it could just easily be argued that they wouldn’t care to know if Facebook was bought by MS either. When Flickr was bought by Yahoo, most of the users hardly noticed.
Actually historically speaking Microsoft are less "technically" private than Google. Microsoft were more than willing to pass on any persons emails or personal information to the police / local authorities without a warrant or question as to why the information was requested however Google have always refused unless forced to under legal jurisdiction after the case has gone to court.
Plus lets not forget at least Google does have a data erasion policy (after so much time) where as Microsoft have always held the position to retain everyones data indefinately.
Exactly. My observations suggest that Google isn't as pure as it was originally, but it's still a far cry from Microsoft, which was up to its eyeballs in corruption from the moment it was founded.
Looking at it another way, perhaps the public was allowed to vote on who should own Facebook - M$, Apple, Google or some open source group.
It would probably be a tie between Apple and Google, because the average person isn't really familiar with open source. If the voters were better educated, I'd put my money on the open source group, rather than some corporate entity.
that's what we like around here, psychotic paranoid ramblings for comic effect
thanks for the laugh, geo
There are some here who would judge you the comic. As they say, he who laughs last...
... has a lot of trouble understanding comedy
That I agree.
However what intrigues me if there are people who are actually so much foolish as to come up with such responses or if they are only trolling for fun. I wish the later were true. It's agonizing to realize that there are people actually so dumb. It hurts and I can't stand that.
I feel your pain.
In the meantime, as I said earlier, we'll find out who's speaking the truth if M$ buys Facebook. I'm not predicting Facebook's demise; I just think there will be a significant uproar, probably with a significant exodus (there are other social groups to choose from, you know), giving the comics in Redmond still more bad publicity.
I am equally as uncomfortable with Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Apple etc having my personal data as I am with Microsoft having it.
None of them put their users before making money. They would all sell your personal data in the blink of an eye if they could get away with it and make a lot of money.
If Microsoft bought Facebook the users would still be covered by the agreement they originally signed up with. Microsoft could not change that agreement retrospectively without causing a lot of trouble. Microsoft wouldn't be able to do anything with your data that Facebook can't already do.
None of your data is really safe online. No matter who has posession of it.
If the figure in the article is even remotely accurate it's way too much money. Facebook is not "worth" that much. It's just a website after all, and it's not immune from a massive decline in popularity when people get bored of it. In 2005 if somebody had asked you to predict Myspace's value in 2009 how wrong would you have been?
I don't think Microsoft would buy Facebook anyway.
In the mean time, go and fix your before Microsoft gets a chance to hack it. Given the kind of fuss you make about security, it's weird for such errors to glare from the top of your flagship website.
http://www.geobop.org/About/index.php
It's amazing how the Microsofties start criticizing other people's websites when they run out of ammunition.
Are you sure about that?
That's true. However, there are different degrees of safety and different perceptions of what is safe and what isn't.None of your data is really safe online. No matter who has posession of it.
That was a heads-up, not a criticism.
It's amazing how many such "heads-ups" I've received from Microsofties who've run out of ammunition.
Check out the title of this thread. It's about Microsoft buying Facebook, not my websites.
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