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May 23rd, 2008

Microsoft Gives Up on Technology

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

It’s Your Turn Now, Steve-O

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

Will Microsoft Bid for Take-Two?

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

Yahoo is Right to Turn Down Microsoft

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

MS-Yahoo Proxy Board: Who the Hell are These Guys?

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

Ignore Ballmer: Microsoft Will Raise Yahoo Bid

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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