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Ballmer: We're Lucky Microsoft Didn't Buy Yahoo

Posted by Unknown on from the if-only-they-had dept.

alphadogg writes (quoting Networkworld): "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer feels intensely fortunate that his company's $44 billion bid for Yahoo back in 2008 never materialized. 'Sometimes you're lucky,' he said with a smile at Web 2.0 Summit, responding to a question from conference co-chair John Battelle. Careful not to offend his search market partner, Ballmer put his comment in context, saying that any CEO would feel grateful for not making a major acquisition in the months prior to the global financial collapse that started in the second half of 2008."

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  1. The really winner is Jerry Yang by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure he turned down an offer of $33 a share from MS, only to have the stock plummet to half that value almost immediately afterwards. But he got to tell MS to go to hell, man!

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  2. This sounds like a good Microsoft strategy. by goffster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever they feel the need to embark on "yet another ill conceived venture" they could
    simply sit on their hands and reap the benefits of not having done it.

  3. Re:We need a new Yahoo, or do we? by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have put together a list of websites guaranteed to contain no crap. Here it is:

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