May 23rd, 2008
Few things are sadder than a technology company giving up on technology. That’s exactly what Microsoft’s been doing.
They’re paying an ad agency $300 million to rebrand themselves as “cool”. I have a better idea: how about they spend that money to build products that are actually cool? In a world where one guy can build […]
By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments
May 23rd, 2008
As Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets eggs thrown at him, let us recall his college buddy and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates getting a pie thrown at him ten years ago.
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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments
May 7th, 2008
I just had a crazy thought.
Microsoft now has $47.5 billion it couldn’t use to buy Yahoo. Electronic Arts bid only $2 billion for Take-Two Interactive.
Microsoft paid Take-Two $50 million — half the game’s development budget — for Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content in Grand Theft Auto IV. GTA4 is a smash hit that will probably […]
By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments
May 4th, 2008
Despite Ballmer’s bravado, Microsoft raised its bid for Yahoo but Jerry Yang didn’t bite. Michael Arrington suggests Yahoo has committed corporate suicide to preserve its honor from being raped by Microsoft.
I disagree. Yahoo is right to turn down Microsoft. This was an act of courage, not suicide.
Sure, when the Tokyo stock market opens in several […]
By Mike Abundo -- 6 comments
April 24th, 2008
Yahoo selling out to Microsoft would be like a mammal chaining itself to a dinosaur — or in this case, the Ballmersaur. Now that the Wall Street Journal has revealed the proxy board it plans to put on top of Yahoo, I’m more convinced than ever that a Microsoft acquisition would kill Yahoo. Read through […]
By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments
April 23rd, 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer must love the taste of crow. Right after dissing Facebook, he bought into it. Now he’s dissing Yahoo’s higher-than-expected Q1 earnings, saying he won’t raise his takeover bid.
Yeah, right. Steve-O’s bravado isn’t fooling anyone. Remember when Microsoft was trumpeting Vista as the next big thing? Now Ballmer admits Vista is an […]
By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments
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