Microsoft Buys facebook

**carsey** · 10-25-2007, 03:34 PM

Just heard it on the news. MS have bought facebook for £100m.

Shame, so now i guess facebook is going to get worse, same as hotmail I reckon, slow and full of rubbish.

**Rockafeller** · 10-25-2007, 04:16 PM

Yeah - Same with hotmail, same with youtube - Hate Youtube now.

**40sondacurb** · 10-25-2007, 04:32 PM

Try finding a Simpsons' clip these days on youtube, just a 1 minute clip. The place is completely purged.

**forcifer** · 10-25-2007, 04:50 PM

wasnt youtube bought by google though?

**40sondacurb** · 10-25-2007, 05:03 PM

Yeah I guess youtube isn't the same type of company as MS in some respects, but something funky always happens to these sites that get bought by a bigger corp.

**DumberDrummer** · 10-25-2007, 08:43 PM

Microsoft bought 1.6% of facebook for 240 million dollars, not the whole thing.

EDIT: I think the deal was primarily for Microsoft to provide facebook's ads, and share the revenue between them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/te...prod=permalink

a 1.6% stake is hardly enough to suddenly change facebook into social networking a la hotmail.

**Glaswegian** · 10-26-2007, 06:47 AM

But, as far as MS is concerned Facebook is worth a potential $15 billion!

**DumberDrummer** · 10-26-2007, 03:45 PM

MS paid 240 million because they were trying to beat out google and yahoo, not because facebook is worth 15 billion :P

**EnglishPaul** · 10-28-2007, 04:43 PM

Dot-com bubble anyone?

10-25-2007, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,693 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Microsoft Buys facebook Just heard it on the news. MS have bought facebook for £100m. Shame, so now i guess facebook is going to get worse, same as hotmail I reckon, slow and full of rubbish. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

10-25-2007, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rockafeller TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 578 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit My System	Re: Microsoft Buys facebook Yeah - Same with hotmail, same with youtube - Hate Youtube now.

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40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	Re: Microsoft Buys facebook Yeah I guess youtube isn't the same type of company as MS in some respects, but something funky always happens to these sites that get bought by a bigger corp. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

10-25-2007, 08:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Microsoft Buys facebook Microsoft bought 1.6% of facebook for 240 million dollars, not the whole thing. EDIT: I think the deal was primarily for Microsoft to provide facebook's ads, and share the revenue between them. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/te...prod=permalink a 1.6% stake is hardly enough to suddenly change facebook into social networking a la hotmail. __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace Last edited by DumberDrummer; 10-25-2007 at 08:46 PM.

10-26-2007, 06:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,582 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: Microsoft Buys facebook But, as far as MS is concerned Facebook is worth a potential $15 billion! __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

10-26-2007, 03:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Microsoft Buys facebook MS paid 240 million because they were trying to beat out google and yahoo, not because facebook is worth 15 billion :P __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

10-28-2007, 04:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
EnglishPaul Still no avatar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,314 OS: XP SP2 Blog Entries: 9	Re: Microsoft Buys facebook Dot-com bubble anyone?