EU approves purchase conditions of Linkedin by Microsoft

The European Commission approved on Tuesday the purchase, under conditions, for professional social network Linkedin by the computer giant Microsoft, a 26.2 billion announced in June.
"Today''s decision ensures that the Europeans can continue choosing between different social networks professionals", indicated in a statement the European competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager.
The community Executive binds its decision regarding the fulfilment of a set of commitments to preserve competition in this sector in Europe.
In this way, the American giant will allow manufacturers or distributors of portable computers can decide not to install the LinkedIn in the Windows operating system, developed by Microsoft, indicated the Commission.
The Group has agreed to allow "competitors" of social networks LinkedIn can maintain "current levels of interoperability with the Microsoft Office product range".
Created in 2003, the LinkedIn account with 433 million users worldwide and imposed itself in the search for jobs in social networks for professionals.