Microsoft may buy Facebook completely

[cooldudie3]

I wonder why orkut is not as popular as facebook?

 

[kumarmohit]

The reason is simple, at the beginning Orkut had lousy security and privacy features and I do not mean it in a small way, but in a big way. Now ppl in India do not really give a damn about online privacy, they prefer to blindly follow so Orkut became popular becoz of word of mouth.
Facebook on the other hand has easily the best engineering among all social networking sites. It is secure and has really good API. Facebook also integrates with mobile web really well something which orkut cant even dream of.

 

[legolas]

damn those idiots want our cellphone numbers also...!!

ha ha...
Microsoft is starting to buy everything one by one?? (or at least trying )

 

[mail2and]

It is secure and has really good API.

My room-mate wrote an essay for one of his courses on how lousy Facebook's security is. Trust me, it indeed is lousy. I mean it's way way better than Orkut was at the start, but calling it secure would be grossly wrong.

Maybe 15% was the highest percent held by a single individual/group.

If that was the situation, then with MSFT's clout, they'd already be running FaceBook.

 

[kumarmohit]

My room-mate wrote an essay for one of his courses on how lousy Facebook's security is. Trust me, it indeed is lousy. I mean it's way way better than Orkut was at the start, but calling it secure would be grossly wrong.

It is in the same context that I was saying so. I do not follow such site related news any more so cant say about the current scenario. But then consider the fact that FB is a much more lucrative tgt for hackers.

 

[mail2and]

I agree with you there.

 

[goobimama]

M.S. is already a $240 USD shareholder in Facebook

My my! How much money do these guys have!

 

[naveen_reloaded]

is it another yahoo-Ms deal ???

nowadays ms is trying to get other companies ...

 

[kumarmohit]

nowadays?
When was it not purchasing?

 

[skeletor]

Lagta hai Billu k haath mein bahut paisa aa gaya hai.......wo Vista se bore ho gaya hai aur abh apne liye naye khilone khareedna chahta hai.....

 

[iMav]

^^ he was an active user of facebook but closed his account due to the numerous invites he used to get on an hourly basis