Brian Alvey: Microsoft's bid for Yahoo

Microsoft's bid for Yahoo

Posted Fri Feb 1, 2008 10:44AM by Brian Alvey

It's no coincidence that on same day we launch a simple one-page website for my new company Crowd Fusion Microsoft panics and plans to join forces with Yahoo.

In their official news release, Microsoft mentions how "the market is increasingly dominated by one player" as a significant motivating force. I think we all know that they're talking about Crowd Fusion and I must say that it's flattering.

TechCrunch zeroes in on that one line as well, but they don't mention us by name.

On Yahoo's own news site, the AP story explains that Steve Ballmer will not be taking no for an answer. Seriously, how did Microsoft even find out about my new company?

Giant Internet companies are not normally known for being so quick to react.

Kudos, Ballmer.

The game is on.

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Rick Marshall (7:22 PM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)

Yesssss... Run and cower before the power of Crowd Fusion!

Ryan Carter (5:24 PM on Sat Feb 2, 2008)

So, I think the underlying story here is that Ballmer is going down, in some way or another. It is about time. Kudos to Brian.

bisi (6:06 PM on Sat Feb 2, 2008)

This is funny ..

Dwayne (12:47 AM on Fri Feb 8, 2008)

Never underestimate the poser of a single webpage!

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