Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 05 February 2008 18:36 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Jerry McBride on Tuesday 05 February 2008 17:46 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | 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.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
>>>>>
>>>>> Microsoft says it itself. Trolls cannot deny this.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I really, really, really ope the deal goes through. It would be of Titantic
>>>> proportions... hehehe
>>>
>>> They just hope to sink Google before it grows bigger than Microsoft. It's
>>> all or nothing at all. Microsoft pawns the house.
>>>
>>
>> I think that if it goes ahead, it will probably be the end of both
>> Microsoft and Yahoo. Aside from anything else, Microsoft will get even
>> more anti-trust interest, and the whole thing utterly fails to address
>> the singular issue that Microsoft's problems are internal, not external.
>
> Months ago (very alarming at the time):
>
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Aiming to rally its partners around the reality of hosted software, Microsoft
>| Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told them it was a matter of financial
>| life and death.
> `----
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6195764.html
>
That's one of the few really smart things I've seen from a Microsoft
exec in many years. Clearly, there are some in MS who recognise the
seriousnous of their position.
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