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So Microsoft Claimed $3.1 Billion Was Too Much
So instead they plunk down over $6 billion for this company.

Yeah, I can see the logic there.
Posted by: itanalyst   Posted on: 05/18/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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So Microsoft Claimed $3.1 Billion Was Too Much  itanalyst | 05/18/07
M&A logic or panic?  Larry Dignan ZDNet Moderator | 05/18/07
I Agree, It Was A Panic Move  itanalyst | 05/18/07
The reason is  TheHonestTruth | 05/18/07
Where is Google in all this?  gotitright | 05/18/07
Ahhh...  TheHonestTruth | 05/18/07
AQuantive runs Win2k3  ruped24 | 05/18/07
aquantive looks to be the parent company  John Zern | 05/18/07
Do I smell  Roger Ramjet | 05/18/07
I don't understand?  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
Understand this Xunil_Z .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 05/18/07
No, that was not it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/18/07
Buying a company  Roger Ramjet | 05/18/07
You missed my point.  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
It's the insincerity  Roger Ramjet | 05/18/07
Oh come on.....i've heard Steve Jobs spout off thousands of times more ofte  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
Apple no, Jobs yes  Roger Ramjet | 05/18/07
Are you sure?  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
Once more  zkiwi | 05/18/07
Listen to...  xuniL_z | 05/19/07
Score 1  zkiwi | 05/19/07
Judges??......you are overruled unanimously.  xuniL_z | 05/20/07
99% of OS X can be downloaded, entirely legal, from here  HypnoToad72 | 05/20/07
Really? What code did Apple "Steal," now?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/18/07
It's modern slang jethro  xuniL_z | 05/19/07
NextStep and BSD are such ripoffs of Microsoft technologies!  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/07
Berkeley....company?......LOL!!!  xuniL_z | 05/20/07
So Does This Mean  itanalyst | 05/18/07
No, It meant that  John Zern | 05/18/07
M$ is burning money fast!  Linux Geek | 05/18/07
As long as it keeps coming in faster than it burns it.  DevGuy_z | 05/18/07
Not Really.  alanc5 | 05/19/07
Shrewd move, strategy is powerful...  Mike Cox | 05/18/07
Yor rep is a visionary  zmud | 05/18/07
Message has been deleted.  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 05/18/07
Message has been deleted.  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
Message has been deleted.  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 05/18/07
Message has been deleted.  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
this coming from an individaul who claimed he had a macbook pro .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 05/18/07
You are geting close to Linux Geek now.  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
Speaking of MSNing  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
Message has been deleted.  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 05/18/07
Message has been deleted.  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
7.2  An_Axe_to_Grind | 05/18/07
Be careful underestimating MS  wolf_z | 05/18/07
$6 billion better spent...  ibabadur1 | 05/18/07
Willing victim....  JoeMama_z | 05/18/07
I hear you.  xuniL_z | 05/19/07
Wow, there sure are a lot of  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/18/07
Yes, as a matter of fact I do.  xuniL_z | 05/18/07
try explaining that to xunil_z he thinks I haven't noticed .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 05/18/07
Great News!  BitTwiddler | 05/18/07
Wha?  gotitright | 05/18/07
You is soooo stupid!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 05/18/07
Adblock Plus Still Apply?  TripleII | 05/18/07
shredded soul  paul@... | 05/18/07
Sharpening the keyboard here  rick752 | 05/19/07
Why this move reflects a degree of desperation on the part of MS ...  George Mitchell | 05/19/07
Actually they have 2 core markets (roughly 70% revenues)  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/07
You are correct ...  George Mitchell | 05/20/07
Indian companies openly discriminate against U.S. citizens for U.S. jobs  jake_leone | 05/19/07
A hallmark of the Bush administration ...  George Mitchell | 05/19/07
Quite. A politician whose name is reminiscent of a lizard gets off with  HypnoToad72 | 05/20/07
Re: Fox ...  George Mitchell | 05/20/07
You know what they say about those who bite the hand that feeds them,  HypnoToad72 | 05/20/07
I'd be careful about blaming India and China ...  George Mitchell | 05/20/07
That's one thing that makes me unsure  xuniL_z | 05/20/07
Who cares  Fred Fredrickson | 05/20/07
The government looks at terrorists who pay in cash.  HypnoToad72 | 05/20/07
Cheapest USA pharmacy  gdgsgsgewgfewtg@... | 02/20/08

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