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Microsoft to Buy 5% of Facebook Valuing at $10bn

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wish-i-had-a-billion-dollars dept.

l-ascorbic writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is poised to buy 5% of Facebook for $300 million to $500 million, valuing the company at up to $10 billion. Microsoft already handles advertising for the site."

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  1. Noooooo!!!! by onosson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe if we all *poke* Bill Gates, we can get him to stop.

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  2. Hopefully not by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mark Zuckerberg would like to keep it independent apparently.

    In any case, register your complaint by joining this group

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6197556554

    Everyone knows that joining a group on Facebook can move mountains and change the world...

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    1. Re:Hopefully not by sepluv · · Score: 2, Funny
      You forgot all the copycat groups, because, as everyone knows, even if joining one facebook group on the issue won't help, joining loads, just might! ...and, of course, the obligatory:
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  3. Scrabble by LordSnooty · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as I can still play Scrabble, I don't care!!!1

    Actually, this input from Microsoft might help to fix the problems that Scrabulous seems to suffer every day... right, gang?? As you can see, I only use Facebook for Scrabble. There must be a group for me.

  4. I can't wait to see pictures by duppyconqueror · · Score: 4, Funny

    of Ballmer and Gates doing Jello Shooters at a rager.

  5. Re:$10 billion by Hanners1979 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft calculated the cost per user of these shares in Excel 2007, and found that every user of Facebook would pay them several thousand dollars.

  6. They must have asked Rupert Murdoch's advice by Random+BedHead+Ed · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure Steve Ballmer discussed this with Rupert Murdoch over drinks.

    "So how are profits from your MySpace purchase, Rupe?"

    "Oh, well ..." said Murdoch, looking nervous. "Actually, great. Great! It's going to be worth billions real soon now." He laughed icily at his own irony.

    "Really? Because we were thinking of buying a stake in Facebook at Microsoft."

    "Oh, you should totally do it," said Murdoch, grinning wildly.

    "Yeah, we thought the developers would love using it on a sort-of group connection to MSDN."

    "Do it! There's nowhere for these social sites to go but up."

    "And we're thinking of extending the Welcome to the Social campaign to include it."

    But Murdoch was laughing to hard to hear the rest.

  7. Re:that would make $ 294 / user! by AcidLacedPenguiN · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think instead they should just buy every user an Xbox 360. . .

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  8. Re:wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    In any case I will be leaving if MS buys facebook.

    Sure you will. Right after you meet that lass in a pub that wants to be your "friend...." ;-)

  9. Re:Well, that's one way to get Silverlight adopted by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't a company just invest in another company that looks promising?

    Yeah! And can't a crackhead just admire your car stereo?

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  10. Re:that would make $ 294 / user! by NickCatal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wikipedia reports it as "MIKE IS GAY", what does that make it worth?

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  11. How are you gentlemen? by Moderatbastard · · Score: 3, Funny

    All of your face are belong to us.

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  12. Re:This feels like 1999 all over again by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Repeat after me: BUBBLE

    Next month it will be worth ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS, and the month after it'll be worthless. I believe you mean "Bubble 2.0."
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  13. Oh, a social bubble. We should call it Bubblr. by Glytch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe this time around we can crowdsource a Web 2.0 revenue model to capture all those eyeballs, and implement it on a scalable platform using best-of-breed licensed and open source technologies.

  14. Re:Facebook is nicely done by onosson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, which is why they encourage their users to enter the email addresses of all their friends and family. Did you know that I have a facebook profile, without ever previously visiting their site? So now I have to sign up myself to find out what this profile says about me! It's like automated blackmail.
    He said they respect users' privacy. He didn't say anything about non-users.
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  15. Re:wow by mrdaveb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quite impressive that PHP was able to model itself on Microsoft software that didn't exist yet

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  16. Re:20002 called. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    3) They are also making Sally's stalker upset because he WANTS the hi-resolution photos. Sally's stalkers lose out completely, and considering a large amount of us on slashdot stalk Sally, it hurts expecially bad.