Microsoft is Doing it Again... to Yahoo and Google
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-10-30 15:55:02 UTC
Modified: 2008-10-30 15:55:02 UTC
Never make room for bullies in the cloud
"Mr. Emerson and I discussed a variety of investment structures wherein Microsoft would 'backstop,' or guarantee in some way, BayStar's investment.... Microsoft assured me that it would in some way guarantee BayStar's investment in SCO."
The freezing (or blocking) of the deal has nothing to do with technical considerations. It's Microsoft's intervention that single-handedly suffocates Yahoo, preventing it from making sound strategic moves. Even if inevitable, the more it's delayed for, the more Yahoo! crumbles and the cheaper it is to acquire. Microsoft knows what it's doing, and it's truly despicable.
Based on today's news reports, Yahoo! is again being pressured to approach Microsoft, which denies wooing the Internet giant despite very recent and contradictory comments from Microsoft's CEO.
It is almost funny how quickly people forget what Microsoft has done over the years, labeling critics of Microsoft "intolerant" [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] rather then pursue the source of intolerance. ⬆
“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
Many sites will go offline and many social control networks will shut down once they realise or even openly admit they spend money and time gardening a bunch of bots and slop
it would rightly seem like the era of centralised "social" sites (they're not social, they're about controlling the users) is ending, not overnight but gradually
The next few years will be interesting because if Microsoft lays off tens of thousands of workers each year, there won't be much left except mountains of debt and dying brands