Three Reasons Microsoft Paid So 'Little' For Facebook

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's $240 million investment is much smaller than the rumored $750 million that Facebook sought. Why the difference? Wired Epicenter's Terrence Russell analyzes the deal, and points out three good reasons why Microsoft got a 'bargain'. 'Microsoft Only Needs an Entrenched Position - Ballmer's plan to acquire 100 startups in 5 years is still sketchy, but we got the point -- Microsoft wants momentum. If the company is to go forward as planned then taking a small, strategic piece of Facebook makes sense. Microsoft's financial interests in Facebook's ad platform already exist, so it only makes sense to strengthen that tie as the hype builds.'"

Comments

Re:facebook my ass

[larry bagina]

I was on facebook for kicks and I quickly realized it's full of little kids and their horrible grammar. In every group I joined [from singles groups to music/piano player groups] there was a continual barrage of horribly misspelled postings, lots of retarded "lols" and all that jazz. Nobody takes any of the serious chatter serious, and the fun chatter is just asinine like "join this group to keep facebook alive!" or whatever.

slashdot much?

Re:It's not called ANTIsocial networking!

[tomstdenis]

This is why being a pedantic little ass-clown isn't fun. So don't do it.