Microsoft architecture chief 'clarifies' online formula
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| Silverlight + Yahoo! = $$$$
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/03/05/ozzie_microsoft_services/
Ozzie: Microsoft Needs Yahoo for Web, Advertising Plan
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| Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie today attempted to clarify
| Microsoft's Web-based advertising and services strategy and lay a case for
| why buying Yahoo is integral to that plan.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030502848.html
Good news for Google in the mean time:
Google Likely to Get EU Approval to Buy DoubleClick
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| European regulators plan to approve Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion
| takeover of DoubleClick Inc. without conditions, rejecting complaints by
| Microsoft Corp. that the deal would hurt competition, according to three
| people with direct knowledge of the case.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awhfy4gbScEc&refer=home
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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