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Microsoft's CEO touts the company's newly named online services chief and says having him on board would make a Yahoo search deal "somewhat simpler," the Journal reports.
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- by PhaseDMA December 6, 2008 5:03 AM PST
- Ballmer you lost. Face it. Not even the man that pushed heavily for the first deal is impressed with you anymore.
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- by CrashPad63 December 8, 2008 6:30 AM PST
- MS does not have to beat Google. For every 1% market gain, a billion dollar payout is in order. So if MS gets the 30% of Yahoo, well you do the math. This is really not about winning or losing, but the long term financial gain.
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(4 Comments)Stop trying to be Google. I can imagine it now. Schmidt sitting in his office laughing.
Has Microsoft ever done something that wasn't a blatant rip off from another company?
If there is one thing MS knows how to do thats to focus on the long term. Relentless on the long term is what they are.