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[News] [Rival] Buying Yahoo Would Leave Microsoft Behind, in Deep Debt

Swallowing Yahoo may make Microsoft want to take a nap

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| The times have changed and if Microsoft is to succeed it needs to become 
| innovative and nimble. Of course it needs to be a relevant player with Web 
| 2.0 applications but it needs even more than that. It needs to be the pioneer 
| in the next big thing rather than playing catch up with the current big 
| thing.    
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/realitycheck/archives/2008/04/swallowing_yaho.html?source=rss

As for antitrust and regulation in the US (stopping this hostile proxy war),
there's little hope because the legalised bribery firms are still thriving.
They ought just to be illegal, not become the 'second government'.

Tech lobbying groups CSIA, ITAA merge

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| John W. Thompson, chairman and CEO of Symantec, used part of his keynote 
| address Tuesday at RSA 2008 to announce the merger of the Cyber Security 
| Industry Alliance and the Information Technology Association of America.  
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http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9914131-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Recent:

Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its 
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo 
| Inc.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205


Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway

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| The rest of the $44.6bn (£22.3bn) deal would be financed with an undisclosed 
| amount of credit. 
| 
| What that means is that it must squeeze as much money as it can from its 
| operations to fund that debt and still pay dividends to shareholders, who 
| will be looking for some payback from the Yahoo takeover. Giving away 
| software is the last thing it would want to do in these circumstances, and 
| the DreamSpark announcement shows just how worried it is about the future.    
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-dreamspark-%E2%80%93-what-giveaway

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