____/ 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):
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| 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.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6195764.html
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