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Centurion · 02-05-2008, 09:58 AM

Yeah, the Facebook investment might be questionable but considering the amount of companies attracted to it, MS might not have made an over valued investment after all. Unlike Youtube Facebook is actually generating revenue in the form of selling advertising space and market data collected on the site.

I'm fully behind their acquisition of yahoo, it's really now or never because MS is in an arms rave with google which is what all of these Yahoo and Facebook investments trace back to.

Then you also have to understand MS and their situation. They are sitting on more than 20 billion dollars and generate sick amount of revenue annually. Obviously they get a little bored and want to stimulate themselves in form of new challenges. And in order for them to feel anything they have to carry out these high risk investments.

02-05-2008, 09:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Centurion Trendsetter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 7,075 Thanks: 595 Thanked 724 Times in 422 Posts	Re: Chart: A Microsoft-Yahoo combo by the numbers Yeah, the Facebook investment might be questionable but considering the amount of companies attracted to it, MS might not have made an over valued investment after all. Unlike Youtube Facebook is actually generating revenue in the form of selling advertising space and market data collected on the site. I'm fully behind their acquisition of yahoo, it's really now or never because MS is in an arms rave with google which is what all of these Yahoo and Facebook investments trace back to. Then you also have to understand MS and their situation. They are sitting on more than 20 billion dollars and generate sick amount of revenue annually. Obviously they get a little bored and want to stimulate themselves in form of new challenges. And in order for them to feel anything they have to carry out these high risk investments.