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Re: [News] [Rival] Forget About Microsoft-Yahoo Acquisition, Microsoft Shoots Own Foot Instead

__/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 21 May 2007 03:47 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Yahoo may buy UK's Bebo for $1 billion: report
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The Microsoft deal had further cast doubt on speculation that the
>> | software giant may seek to buy Yahoo.
> 
> Microsoft has basically conceded that it's incapable of building any
> software for the 21st century.
> 
> After 7 years of effort it laid an egg -- a rotten egg.
> 
> Now it's thrashing trying to buy value to prop up the overvalued stock.
> 
> Could anything be more pernicious?

Actually, all the text you snipped is what illustrates this better than what
you left in tact, I think. :-)

It's not just an insult to the homebred divisions that work on the same stuff
as the acquires assets. It's also a breathtaking waste of money that is an
insult to the investors.

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