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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. Re:wow by nuzak · · Score: -1, Troll

    > I've looked at ASP, from a code perspective, it doesn't seem exceptionally different from PHP.

    That's because PHP is based on ASP model. Now try looking at ASP.NET, which is a completely different model, more like JSF or Tapestry.

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  2. Re:Depends which 5 percent they're getting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    just shut the fuck up already, asscunt