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posted by Dopefish on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-forget-the-popcorn dept.

r00t writes:

"It appears that Microsoft has decided it's time they own a video streaming website. Orange, the current owners of the video streaming site, have been quoted as saying 'I think it makes a lot of sense for us, as for Microsoft, to reach an accord that would be above all a partnership.' Yahoo tried to purchase DailyMotion last year, however the French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg blocked the deal.

Orange's Chief Executive Stephane Richard said that while no agreement had been made yet, he is 'confident' that the companies could come to some arrangement. Whatever the terms may be, Orange will retain a majority stake in the company."

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by gawdonblue on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:39PM

    by gawdonblue (412) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:39PM (#7496)

    Microsoft keeps getting married, sucks them dry and then ends up with everything. They remind me of that bitch my uncle married. He was warned about her past but didn't listen. I bet Orange won't listen either.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:58PM (#7510)

      Was she as good looking as the girls on dailymotion?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ngarrang on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:39PM

      by ngarrang (896) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:39PM (#7575) Journal

      You are being too negative! This is perfect for Orange management. They get to sell out for loads of cash and buy another Veyron each. Microsoft can then use its loads of cash to integrate it into their services and make claims of remaining competitive. If I were Orange, I wouldn't partner, I would completely sell out. Cut and run.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by thomasdotnet on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:40PM

    by thomasdotnet (1583) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:40PM (#7497)

    While I cannot say if this is a good or bad move from an investment standpoint, I am bewildered by Microsoft's apparent rudderless-ness-itude(?)

    I think they are looking around at all these other companies that make money hand over fist, and they say "Why isn't that us?" and so they decide to emulate them. All of them, at the same time. I honestly hope that they find their footing and decide what kind of company they will be, then succeed at it.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by crutchy on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:52PM

      by crutchy (179) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:52PM (#7556) Homepage Journal

      it's cool to buy up whatever you can afford nowadays

      though the coolest thing for microsoft lately was announced retirement of ballmer. just typing his name gives me the heebyjeebies.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:30PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:30PM (#7573)

        heebyjeebies

        Anti-semite!

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Sir Garlon on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:06PM

      by Sir Garlon (1264) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @05:06PM (#7563)

      I think they are looking around at all these other companies that make money hand over fist, and they say "Why isn't that us?" and so they decide to emulate them.

      I think you're right. I would call that the management equivalent of cargo cult software engineering [wikipedia.org].

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Jerry Smith on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:41PM

    by Jerry Smith (379) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:41PM (#7498) Journal

    "It appears that Microsoft has decided it's time they own a video streaming website. Orange, the current owners of the video streaming site, have been quoted as saying 'I think it makes a lot of sense for us, as for Microsoft, to reach an accord that would be above all a partnership.'

    If they would go in the content business, they would need to expand their platform, so Dailymotion is a good candidate. They have hardware, now they need a distribution branche and a nice app side for the consumer.
    But I doubt if the MS/DM combo is gonna be a good competitor against the Apple/Itunes stronghold or the Google/Playstore bastion.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:42PM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:42PM (#7499) Journal

    Microsoft's business plan looks like reviewing what Google has done and copy it poorly.

    What would MS hope to accomplish from such a purchase? They have billions in the bank, there's no one internal or hire-able who can make something similar?

    • (Score: 1) by skullz on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:58PM

      by skullz (2532) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:58PM (#7509)

      Yeah but these guys are French. FRENCH, man! Take that, Google!

  • (Score: 2, Offtopic) by dotdotdot on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:46PM

    by dotdotdot (858) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:46PM (#7502)

    This makes sense for Microsoft because of the games [theverge.com] Google has played [neowin.net] with Windows Phone.

    • (Score: 1) by meisterister on Wednesday February 26 2014, @08:56PM

      by meisterister (949) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @08:56PM (#7688)

      Why doesn't Microsoft just patch Windows to throttle Google's services then?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:02AM (#7852)

      The Google Maps article is an outdated one with no information. It even says that it is not known yet whether Google is deliberately blocking Windows Phone, or it's just a bug.

      As for the Youtube one: Microsoft built a video app, but instead of putting up the servers needed to run a video site, they just leeched off Youtube. Of course that gets you blocked. If poor Microsoft can't afford their own servers, they should wait until Windows Phone gets big enough to get the an official Youtube app, or pay Google to release one. Note, that Youtube in a browser wasn't blocked on Windows Phone, only Microsofts video app. You would have to be a hardcore Microsoft fanboy to blame Google for refusing to provide server capacity to Microsoft for free.

    • (Score: 2) by dotdotdot on Thursday February 27 2014, @10:00AM

      by dotdotdot (858) on Thursday February 27 2014, @10:00AM (#7948)

      Why is this Offtopic? I am suggesting that it might be a good idea for Microsoft to have their own video streaming service so they don't have to just accept what Google allows them to do with YouTube.

      I won't reply to the AC above since (s)he would probably never see it, but this comment doesn't make sense:

      As for the Youtube one: Microsoft built a video app, but instead of putting up the servers needed to run a video site, they just leeched off Youtube. Of course that gets you blocked. If poor Microsoft can't afford their own servers, they should wait until Windows Phone gets big enough to get the an official Youtube app, or pay Google to release one. Note, that Youtube in a browser wasn't blocked on Windows Phone, only Microsofts video app. You would have to be a hardcore Microsoft fanboy to blame Google for refusing to provide server capacity to Microsoft for free.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by strattitarius on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:46PM

    by strattitarius (3191) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:46PM (#7503)

    I just submitted a story [dev.soylentnews.org] about how Richard said they should have come up with WhatsApp, and bitching about how these apps are making all the money while the poor telcos are going broke. Then they want to sell the one service they have?

    These guys don't seem to understand that capitalism favors not just capital (laying fiber), but also innovation (new things to do over the fiber). And that is something the Telco's haven't done in quite a while. Hell, even our new VOIP phone system, once you get under the hood, is just about the same as they were 20 years ago.

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    • (Score: 1) by monster on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:44AM

      by monster (1260) on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:44AM (#7871) Journal

      The strategy is to earn MOAR MONEY!.

      Making customers pay 10 for what costs them maybe 1-2 is really nifty. Starting new services, innovating and in general doing something different than a rounder wheel (like telcos have been doing with xDSL or 2G, 3G and 4G) may lose money, so it's better if someone else loses it, no?

      After some time, when someone else succeeds and they are left behind, they cry it's not fair!. Well, it was your fault. WhatsApp is not much different from MMS, if it wasn't because of the outrageous prices of the latter (and Groups, but that could be done). So they had a nice goose that could lay gold eggs, killed it and now cry because someone else weren't so stupid to do the same and now has a nice pile of gold. And we are supposed to feel pity for them?

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by zim on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:17PM

    by zim (1251) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:17PM (#7533)
    Get microsoft to buy you outright for a ton of money.

    Whatever deal you do... Microsoft will end up killing your service completely because that's what they're good at.

    So cash out while you can.
    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by etherscythe on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:12PM

      by etherscythe (937) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:12PM (#7584)

      I agree that's what happens. But, unless it's a vanity project or moral crusade (in which case why sell out?), this is exactly what the American Dream is made of. Build a business. Get big money. Live the big life. Ride the gravy train into the sunset.

      Not that the blood, sweat, and tears (and lack of social life, etc) of the early years necessarily allow it to be worthwhile to me, personally, but that's what I see of the common capitalist mindset.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @08:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @08:03PM (#7652)

    Dailymotion doesn't have as much anti priacy scanning, or censorship, as Youtube. Where will I watch pirated videos if dailymotion gets bought out by a US company?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @06:22AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @06:22AM (#7879)

      Download on Usenet, works very well ;)