Microsoft continues its attempted internet domination
Things, it has to be said, aren’t looking as good for microsoft as they were 5 years ago. Revolts over Vista and the sustained demand for XP service packs leaves one thinking that Vista was a bit of a failure. This was preceeded by the sudden popularity boost in macs, and the i-pod is one thing that Microsoft can’t compete with. Neithers the i-phone. Or the I-mac. Oh and they’re great new security system had to be abondoned due to EU regulations regarding fair trade. And then they watched as the intenet slipped away from them thanks to google, myspace, youtube and yahoo (to name just a few). So what does Microsoft do? Use what they have a lot of: money. And even that didn’t really work.
In attempt to battle Google’s domination of the internet, Microsoft put in a bid to buy Yahoo, which would get them back into the internet game. However eventually they were forced to walk away due to the stubbornness of Yahoo and try something else, and what better than Facebook?
Microsoft already own a stake in Facebook (approxamatly $240 million of the $15 facebook values itself at) and according to the wall steet journal Micosoft bankers have been making subtle signals to Facebook to see if it would be open to a full acquisition. Who knows how this will play out… but there’s only one way to find out!
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