Wall Street is not the only one wooing Google. Microsoft is as well.
Google, the high-flying Web search company, recently began holding meetings with bankers in preparation for its highly anticipated initial public offering. At the same time, it was still engaged in meetings of another kind: exploring a partnership or even a merger with Microsoft. According to company executives and others briefed on the discussions, Microsoft--desperate to capture a slice of the popular and ad-generating search business--approached Google within the last two months to discuss options, including the possibility of a takeover.
While the overture appears to have gained little traction--Google indicated that it preferred the initial offering route, the executives said--it demonstrates the enormous importance that Google represents as both a competitive threat to Microsoft and as Silicon Valley's latest hope for a new financial boom. Though seemingly spurned, Microsoft may still be interested in pursuing Google at a later date, according to an executive briefed on the discussions. Both Google and Microsoft executives refused to comment.
News source: C|Net News.com
Google, the high-flying Web search company, recently began holding meetings with bankers in preparation for its highly anticipated initial public offering. At the same time, it was still engaged in meetings of another kind: exploring a partnership or even a merger with Microsoft. According to company executives and others briefed on the discussions, Microsoft--desperate to capture a slice of the popular and ad-generating search business--approached Google within the last two months to discuss options, including the possibility of a takeover.
While the overture appears to have gained little traction--Google indicated that it preferred the initial offering route, the executives said--it demonstrates the enormous importance that Google represents as both a competitive threat to Microsoft and as Silicon Valley's latest hope for a new financial boom. Though seemingly spurned, Microsoft may still be interested in pursuing Google at a later date, according to an executive briefed on the discussions. Both Google and Microsoft executives refused to comment.
News source: C|Net News.com
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Trim speed is now controllable in Plane-Maker controls screen... enter the trim speed in ratio to default.
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Tell me why Visual Studio .NET sucks.
(No one else answer. I'm convinced werejag's just spreading sh*t about things he hasn't used.)
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Haha ROFL what a funny guy
Keep the jokes coming!
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Of course people use FrontPage. Paul Thurrott for example, uses FP 2003. Just because you don't use it, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. FP 2003 is a great program.
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example?
microsoft will never change sad but its true
Although lately I can't seem to find jack crap when I search for something on there.
EDIT: Great news that they aren't sellign to MS too!
For those of you who have forgotten, IE2/3 shipped with MSN - the Microsoft Network - because MS didn't realise the potential of the Internet! Well if they couldn't get everyone to use MSN because they used the Internet, why not just claim the net? They've done IIS, web clustering and storage, IE 4, 5 and 6, numerous variations on internet/programming standards (i.e. JScript), created .net for seamless net integration on various levels, and they've got Hotmail - the most widely used web based email app. It's no surprise that aquiring Google is in their roadmap - they just need a [decent] search engine (ever used MSN search? pff).
All that said, they've made a massive difference to the Internet community (nobody will deny that) but they're constantly looking to make money from their work - like any business - and that's where the issue is. We don't want google to be pay for, or I suspect, MS branded (for the "MS haters" ). [Am I the only one who dislikes the hotmail/msn bloated UI?]. Hotmail charges for more space. Will MSgoogle charge for some of their services? Who knows.
MS f**ked Hotmail up and made it to spam heaven.
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