This is absolutely amazing:
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| Press Release Source: Microsoft Corp.
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| Microsoft Announces New, Expanded Roles for Key Executives
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080214/aqth103a.html?.v=2
Wow! How hard they try to hide the truth. "Look! We have empty seats because
people ran away and we are pleased to fill them with lesser-qualified people
without experience in the job."
Then, some pro-Microsoft publication tries to say it was a preparation for
Yahoo, but look:
Microsoft's online, mobile phone chiefs depart
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| The software giant says the management shake up has nothing to do with its
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| proposed buyout of Yahoo.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/14/technology/msft_personnel.ap/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
When people /quit/ the company, it had nothing to do with Yahoo. Of course not.
Just spin. Soon comes the debt (Microsoft below $0) because the cash cow ain't
enough.
Recent:
Yahoo's Way Out
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| Microsoft will have to go into debt to buy Yahoo—at least $10 billion by
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| reasonable estimates, assuming the deal is half cash and half stock and
| Microsoft wants to leave some operating capital in the bank. That debt is the
| weakness in Microsoft's offer. A year ago—even a month ago—the debt wouldn't
| have been much of a problem. But there's a huge credit crunch going on in the
| US right now that got a whole lot worse in just the past week.
|
| Banks are seeing real problems in areas like LBO, or leveraged buy-out, debt
| that along with problems with commercial mortgages and bonds are putting a
| real squeeze on credit. I'm sure Microsoft is a good credit risk, but there
| still has to be money to lend. And Microsoft might look like a whole lot less
| of a good risk should the company have to borrow more to buy Yahoo.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/yahoos_way_out.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
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| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
| survival.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo
Related:
Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?
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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
|
| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html
P. Graham: Microsoft is Dead
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| A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking
| to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo.
| I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of
| Microsoft. That was why they'd positioned themselves as a "media
| company" instead of a technology company. Then I looked at his face
| and realized he didn't understand. It was as if I'd told him how much
| girls liked Barry Manilow in the mid 80s. Barry who?
|
| Microsoft? He didn't say anything, but I could tell he didn't quite
| believe anyone would be frightened of them.
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http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
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