Der Mini Microsoft Blog (wo überwiegend MS-Mitarbeiter posten)
überschlägt sich ja geradezu in Freudentaumel:
I have never, ever been so happy to trash a pending Mini-Microsoft
post. Ah, yeah, it had a nice lemon analogy and everything but, well,
forget it!
---
It's a great day to be a Microsoftie....I've never been so happy that
a deal didn't go through....time to go out and kick some Yahoo! And
more importantly....time to go and steal away some of their
engineering talent for far less than $44 Billion!
Mini, my hats off to you.
I'm going to sit back and savor this moment...
---
Happy, happy day! Now I doubt the company will change for the better
tomorrow, but at least it isn't going to get worse
---
Have to say, I didn't believe it would or could happen. But like you,
Mini, I am SO SO SO glad to be completely wrong!
Wow. Just wow. Didn't believe SteveB had the guts to actually say
"Nope, we're not gonna keep upping the ante."
Of course, he was a loonie to put the offer out there in the first
place so...not sure where that leaves us.
----
I'm no huge fan of the guy in many cases but I have to say that I'm
impressed here. Walking away shows *real* conviction and strength. It
would have been so easy to just say 35 or 37 and be done -- walking
away is infinitely harder.
I could quibble with the fact that this saga happened at all but
given the outcome I'm so happy I'm willing to ignore that.
---
HAPPY HAPPY DAY TO BE A MICROSOFTIE! Big thanks to SteveB and the
board for realizing that walking away was the best decision for us.
The initial bid was WAY TOO GENEROUS and many of us can't believe you
went even higher to $33(if that rumor is true), but sanity finally
set it in.
Thank you Steve. We've all put down our pitch forks and torches.
They'll be pleny of happy drinking for softies everywhere tonight!!!
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überschlägt sich ja geradezu in Freudentaumel:
I have never, ever been so happy to trash a pending Mini-Microsoft
post. Ah, yeah, it had a nice lemon analogy and everything but, well,
forget it!
---
It's a great day to be a Microsoftie....I've never been so happy that
a deal didn't go through....time to go out and kick some Yahoo! And
more importantly....time to go and steal away some of their
engineering talent for far less than $44 Billion!
Mini, my hats off to you.
I'm going to sit back and savor this moment...
---
Happy, happy day! Now I doubt the company will change for the better
tomorrow, but at least it isn't going to get worse
---
Have to say, I didn't believe it would or could happen. But like you,
Mini, I am SO SO SO glad to be completely wrong!
Wow. Just wow. Didn't believe SteveB had the guts to actually say
"Nope, we're not gonna keep upping the ante."
Of course, he was a loonie to put the offer out there in the first
place so...not sure where that leaves us.
----
I'm no huge fan of the guy in many cases but I have to say that I'm
impressed here. Walking away shows *real* conviction and strength. It
would have been so easy to just say 35 or 37 and be done -- walking
away is infinitely harder.
I could quibble with the fact that this saga happened at all but
given the outcome I'm so happy I'm willing to ignore that.
---
HAPPY HAPPY DAY TO BE A MICROSOFTIE! Big thanks to SteveB and the
board for realizing that walking away was the best decision for us.
The initial bid was WAY TOO GENEROUS and many of us can't believe you
went even higher to $33(if that rumor is true), but sanity finally
set it in.
Thank you Steve. We've all put down our pitch forks and torches.
They'll be pleny of happy drinking for softies everywhere tonight!!!
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7555958&postID=8956623467153
416738