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Instead of Yahoo, Microsoft spotlights aQuantive
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| The prospect of a Microsoft-Yahoo combination, with all its questions on how
| to "integrate" the two companies, is again bubbling to the surface.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004427945_adsummit21.html
aQuantive uses FOSS and GNU/Linux.
What Microsoft Really Needs From Yahoo!
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| Putting the two together might not constitute a grand Google-killing
| strategy, to be sure. Moreover, the two companies would have to figure out
| what to do with Microsoft's own nascent mobile Web efforts. But if Microsoft
| and Yahoo! have shifted from talking about an ambitious--and potentially
| messy--acquisition of Yahoo! to a smaller, easier online advertising deal,
| finding ways to work together to get a bigger piece of the mobile market
| might be next on their list.
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http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/05/19/microsoft-yahoo-mobile-tech-ebiz-cx_bc_0520msftmobile.html
"Google-killing strategy," it says. Is that good for the customer? Microsoft
just *uses* Yahoo!, like an escort.
Kill the competition: Treasury's new U-turn ... Microsoft revives bid ... Big
buyout jitters
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article3960044.ece
Related:
Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play
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| This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
| services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
| will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
| may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
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| [...]
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| Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
| work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by aQuantive.
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| Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet software
| company employs extensive use of open source software including Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
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| Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development in
| C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
| maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1
It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
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| What the press statement didn't mention is that Aruba mobility
| controllers run the Linux operating system which Microsoft has
| aggressively targeted as being inferior to Windows as part of
| its "Get the Facts" marketing campaign.
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| [...]
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| Pandey's appraisal of Aruba's technology is in stark contrast to
| Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places Windows as a more secure,
| and higher-performing choice over Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1
Breaking: Newsvine Acquired By Microsoft — What is Microsoft going to do with
the Linux Hosted site they just bought?
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| The funny thing is, The site is hosted on Debian Linux...
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http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=383
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