Microsoft Outbid Again
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| It's becoming a familiar sight: Microsoft, rumored
| to be making a play for an online company, gets outbid by
| someone else. It happened again this morning, when WPP
| Group agreed to acquire online-advertising specialist 24/7 Real
| Media for $11.75 a share in cash.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2007/05/17/microsoft-outbid-again.aspx
When it comes to DoubleClick, it wasn't outbid. It got rejected by the
investor, which pretty much says what people think of Microsoft.
Related:
News Analysis: Microsoft General Counsel on DoubleClick and Antitrust
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| This raises a very important question - why didn't Microsoft match Google's
| $3.1 billion offer. Smith would not comment on this, but I can report from
| very good sources that in fact the company did offer to match it, and was
| willing to pay even more to insure that Google did not corner the online ad
| market. But for whatever reasons, the private equity firm that owned the
| majority of DoubleClick's shares decided to go with Google.
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| I asked Smith about the irony of Microsoft asking the government to
| support it on antitrust. His response was interesting.
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http://battellemedia.com/archives/003561.php
Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes
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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3bewws
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