Comments on: Microsoft Plays The Media Or Microsoft Simply Out Of Control? http://www.psfk.com/2007/10/microsoft-plays-the-media-or-microsoft-simply-out-of-control.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:15:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Conyers http://www.psfk.com/2007/10/microsoft-plays-the-media-or-microsoft-simply-out-of-control.html/comment-page-1#comment-9129 Joe Conyers Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:23:13 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/10/microsoft-plays-the-media-or-microsoft-simply-out-of-control.html#comment-9129 I think it was a shot off the bow, a negotiation play to help the Facebook deal. Microsoft was surely in talks to invest prior to Oct second. Any acquisition or investment over a few million would pass by Balmer early. Facebook may have even been shotting for a HIGHER valuation, and Microsoft wanted a show of strength. (the Ooct second quote got a fair amount of press) I think it was a shot off the bow, a negotiation play to help the Facebook deal.

Microsoft was surely in talks to invest prior to Oct second. Any acquisition or investment over a few million would pass by Balmer early.

Facebook may have even been shotting for a HIGHER valuation, and Microsoft wanted a show of strength. (the Ooct second quote got a fair amount of press)

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