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Comments on: Will Yahoo CEO move pave way for Microhoo?

Reported plan to name Carol Bartz as CEO removes a key hurdle to any sort of search deal with Microsoft.

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by kenpm January 13, 2009 2:20 PM PST
Microsoft and Autodesk have been very friendly to each other over the years and cooperated on many levels. It's hard to imagine that Yahoo hiring Bartz is any kind of coincidence. At the very least, hiring Bartz is an attempt by Yahoo to lure Microsoft back to the bargaining table.
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by man_of_wits January 14, 2009 12:20 AM PST
CNET News, Ina Fried, you are a beautiful transvestite! Mncwaaah!
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by total_looser January 14, 2009 5:13 AM PST
wow, the wisdom and perspective. they would be stupid to turn down $33/share NOW (my emphasis) ...? now that we realized our bluff was like playing 3 high against a table of WSOP bracelets ... yes, perhaps in hindsight, we should have approached the offer with a more genuine spirit of acceptance.
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