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Microsoft to buy Aquantive for $6 billion (news.com.com)
3 points by gibsonf1 on May 18, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Wow! And here I was thinking $3 billion for Doubleclick was rich!

Whatever the merits of the acquisition on its own, deals like this is bound to send a strong signal to entrepreneurs and investors that the 'new' MS sometimes will buy rather than crush. Since they're sitting on the biggest cashpile this side of China, that is a sweet thing indeed!


Is this new? They've been acquisitive for decades.


Google schools them again. Microsoft is late to the party again, getting #2 for twice the price.




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