This deal is, like, SO off.
Steve Ballmer demonstrates just how much he hates Google, in an open letter sprayed with an exciting new Micro$oft scent called FLOUNCE™:
The shy, retiring Micro$oft CEO photographed quite some time ago, but it's still a good pic (courtesy of Mashable.com).
"In his letter, Ballmer also mentioned other issues that made a higher offer unacceptable. He wrote extensively about how unhappy Microsoft was with Yahoo's announcement about two weeks ago that it would run a trial for Google ads to run alongside Yahoo search results." - Robert Hof.
The nitty-gritty:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008053_759938.htm
The shy, retiring Micro$oft CEO photographed quite some time ago, but it's still a good pic (courtesy of Mashable.com).
"In his letter, Ballmer also mentioned other issues that made a higher offer unacceptable. He wrote extensively about how unhappy Microsoft was with Yahoo's announcement about two weeks ago that it would run a trial for Google ads to run alongside Yahoo search results." - Robert Hof.
The nitty-gritty:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008053_759938.htm