____/ Mark Kent on Friday 22 February 2008 14:06 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> A Yahoo Proxy Contest: How Good Are Microsoft?s Chances?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Microsoft refuses to boost its Yahoo bid, valued at $31 a share a few weeks
>>| ago. It refuses so thoroughly, in fact, that the Redmond, Wash., software
>>| giant may be willing to wage a proxy battle to oust Yahoo?s board,
>>| according to this report. (To do that, Microsoft must nominate a new slate
>>| of directors for Yahoo within the next three weeks).
>> `----
>>
>>
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/02/19/a-yahoo-proxy-contest-how-good-are-microsofts-chances/?mod=yahoo_hs
>>
>> Microsoft Usually Doesn?t Do This Sort of Thing. Except It Does. All The
>> Time.
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| When Microsoft proposed its $31 a share takeover of Yahoo, the deal?s rich
>>| 61% one-day premium seemed a necessary part of the audacious bid: at a
>>| price like that, who could refuse?
>> `----
>>
>>
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/02/15/microsoft-usually-doesnt-do-this-sort-of-thing-except-it-does-all-the-time/?mod=yahoo_hs
>>
>
> The really bizarre thing is that Microsoft want the talents of the
> employees, but don't seem to understand that this will p*ss them off
> completely...
The talented ones are probably the FreeBSD admins. They won't stay. Microsoft
will remain with the least talent, which is 'bought' for something that had
it enter heavy debt. But it's a lose-lose situation really. Without Yahoo,
Microsoft is doomed (Linux and Google grow and expand).
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