Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Options Before Microsoft: Upping Bid; Tender Offer; Hostile Takeover; Pressure
> Tactics
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Hostile board overthrow: This would be the most contentious, and Microsoft
>| has indicated its willingness to go through with this if need be: it could
>| seek to oust Yahoo's board at its next election; it would have until March 13
>| to nominate a new slate of directors. Yahoo has taken "poison pill"
>| provisions, and Microsoft have to oust the board to get past these
>| provisions.
> `----
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/080209/1_319741_id.html?.v=1
>
> Just like vote-rigging for OOXML. Can't win votes or support? Shoot the
> opposition.
>
I rather hope they succeed, as it will accelerate Microsoft's monopoly
loss...
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