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	<title>Comments on: Google Drives Microsoft&#8217;s Hostile Bid for Yahoo</title>
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		<title>By: Microsoft, Yahoo Back On, Or Not - GigaOM</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-878931</link>
		<dc:creator>Microsoft, Yahoo Back On, Or Not - GigaOM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 03:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As you might remember, Microsoft made a $31 a share bid for Yahoo, got spurned, and then raised the bid to $34 a share, only to see it rejected it again. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] As you might remember, Microsoft made a $31 a share bid for Yahoo, got spurned, and then raised the bid to $34 a share, only to see it rejected it again. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Pairg Blog - web-blog web 2.0 tech IT &#187; Blog Archive &#187; A két pólus</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-860604</link>
		<dc:creator>Pairg Blog - web-blog web 2.0 tech IT &#187; Blog Archive &#187; A két pólus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] az e-mail, és a hozzá kapcsolódó IM piacon könnyen, és alaposan ráverhetne a Google-re. A látogatottsági statisztikák meg egyértelműen az MS javára dőlne el. És ahol a látogatók, ott a [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] az e-mail, és a hozzá kapcsolódó IM piacon könnyen, és alaposan ráverhetne a Google-re. A látogatottsági statisztikák meg egyértelműen az MS javára dőlne el. És ahol a látogatók, ott a [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Waltman</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-860442</link>
		<dc:creator>Waltman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Coming Soon: Yahoo search pop-up windows with brilliant questions such as:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"You've entered a search item.  Allow Search Now?"  Allow - Deny&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The search engine needs your authorization to retrieve search results.  Allow Retrieval?" Allow - Deny&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coming Soon: Yahoo search pop-up windows with brilliant questions such as:</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve entered a search item.  Allow Search Now?&#8221;  Allow - Deny</p>
<p>&#8220;The search engine needs your authorization to retrieve search results.  Allow Retrieval?&#8221; Allow - Deny</p>
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		<title>By: News Cast Live, formerly Mike Thinks News &#187; NewsCast LIVE #167 It may not be perfect, but its fun to listen too.</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859945</link>
		<dc:creator>News Cast Live, formerly Mike Thinks News &#187; NewsCast LIVE #167 It may not be perfect, but its fun to listen too.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Microhooooooo! [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>By: the.co.ils &#187; Blog Archive &#187; למה מיקרוסופט קונה את יאהו?</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859784</link>
		<dc:creator>the.co.ils &#187; Blog Archive &#187; למה מיקרוסופט קונה את יאהו?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] לדיעות הרווחות, איני סבור שמיקרוסופט מעוניית לקנות את יאהו ב- 44.6 [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>By: Matt Walsh</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859741</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Walsh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Google also donated a bunch of code to Zend for their framework. But you, you know better than them . You and Sun and Microsoft, all of whom don't use scripting languages... and all of whom are tanking and failing wretchedly.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google also donated a bunch of code to Zend for their framework. But you, you know better than them . You and Sun and Microsoft, all of whom don&#8217;t use scripting languages&#8230; and all of whom are tanking and failing wretchedly.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Walsh</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859739</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Walsh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gigaom.com/?p=11366#comment-859739</guid>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;Let me guess-- you like .NET. You probably also like Windows. You probably also like 'N Sync.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These sites, to you, Java or .NET fool, are not robust:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Facebook
Wikipedia
Yahoo
Youtube
New York Times
Craigslist&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Noscripting, huh? That'd include Ruby and Python, as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Go crawl back to the rock you apparently live under. I pray for your clients, assuming you have any.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me guess&#8211; you like .NET. You probably also like Windows. You probably also like &#8216;N Sync.</p>
<p>These sites, to you, Java or .NET fool, are not robust:</p>
<p>Facebook<br />
Wikipedia<br />
Yahoo<br />
Youtube<br />
New York Times<br />
Craigslist</p>
<p>Noscripting, huh? That&#8217;d include Ruby and Python, as well.</p>
<p>Go crawl back to the rock you apparently live under. I pray for your clients, assuming you have any.</p>
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		<title>By: noscripting</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859721</link>
		<dc:creator>noscripting</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;...robust open source alternatives (like php/mysql/hadoop)...
What a joke! How could anybody refer to php being a "robust" technology?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;robust open source alternatives (like php/mysql/hadoop)&#8230;<br />
What a joke! How could anybody refer to php being a &#8220;robust&#8221; technology?</p>
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		<title>By: Google Responds to MicroHOO - GigaOM</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859713</link>
		<dc:creator>Google Responds to MicroHOO - GigaOM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Malik, Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 11:57 AM PT Comments (1)   Google has kept mum on the much talked about Microsoft-Yahoo deal, but today the company broke its silence and posted its official statement on its blog. The [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Malik, Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 11:57 AM PT Comments (1)   Google has kept mum on the much talked about Microsoft-Yahoo deal, but today the company broke its silence and posted its official statement on its blog. The [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Sachin Balagopalan</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859659</link>
		<dc:creator>Sachin Balagopalan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Microsoft needs Yahoo to survive!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;http://tinyurl.com/2hattk&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft needs Yahoo to survive!</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2hattk" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2hattk</a></p>
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		<title>By: Eurotop</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859573</link>
		<dc:creator>Eurotop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I appreciate the openness with which some of you describe the consequences of Bill Gates becoming even more powerful--all at the expense of regular folks around the globe.  I wish more journalists were as honest as you are.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In many ways, we often get sucked into something that's not good for us, the country, for computer users around the world, simply because some irresponsible journalists dare not speak up, just as many writers dare not say anything critical about the Scientology cult which has put great pressure on journalists to toe the line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again, thanks to all of you for writing in, honestly and openly.  You made my day.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate the openness with which some of you describe the consequences of Bill Gates becoming even more powerful&#8211;all at the expense of regular folks around the globe.  I wish more journalists were as honest as you are.</p>
<p>In many ways, we often get sucked into something that&#8217;s not good for us, the country, for computer users around the world, simply because some irresponsible journalists dare not speak up, just as many writers dare not say anything critical about the Scientology cult which has put great pressure on journalists to toe the line.</p>
<p>Again, thanks to all of you for writing in, honestly and openly.  You made my day.</p>
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		<title>By: Microsoft-Yahoo: The Complete Coverage</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859395</link>
		<dc:creator>Microsoft-Yahoo: The Complete Coverage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] GigaOM - Stacey Higginbotham feels it&#8217;s more about the online advertising side of things than anything else. Even if that is the case, she questions the sensibility of the deal. With the offer at such a premium to Yahoo’s shares, the deal is likely to go through (barring regulatory hurdles). However, given the fears of a recession in online advertising, Microsoft is paying a hefty price to stop Google. [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] GigaOM - Stacey Higginbotham feels it&#8217;s more about the online advertising side of things than anything else. Even if that is the case, she questions the sensibility of the deal. With the offer at such a premium to Yahoo’s shares, the deal is likely to go through (barring regulatory hurdles). However, given the fears of a recession in online advertising, Microsoft is paying a hefty price to stop Google. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Lion</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859391</link>
		<dc:creator>Lion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Really? I received an email that Yahoo employees were organizing a massive orgy. Seems the company will be finally sold...&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really? I received an email that Yahoo employees were organizing a massive orgy. Seems the company will be finally sold&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859369</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I just received this 'letter' in my inbox:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED:

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: WILLIAM HENRY GATES III
DEAR SIR / MADAM,

I AM WILLIAM HENRY GATES III, AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR, SOFTWARE EXECUTIVE, PHILANTHROPIST AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF SOFTWARE COMPANY MICROSOFT. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING UTMOST CONFIDENCE.

I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CORPORATION YAHOO, A GLOBAL INTERNET SERVICES COMPANY. IT PROVIDES A RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDING A WEB PORTAL, A SEARCH ENGINE, YAHOO MAIL, NEWS, AND POSTING. MY PARTNERS AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY COMPANY, AN AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION WITH 79,000 EMPLOYEES IN 102 COUNTRIES AND GLOBAL ANNUAL REVENUE OF US $51.12 BILLION AS OF 2007.

IN 1996, MY COMPANY, THEN THE PERSONAL COMPUTER MARKET LEADER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE REVENUE SOURCES BY FIXING VARIOUS ANTI-TRUST CASES. THE ISSUE IN QUESTION WAS HOW EASY OR HARD IT WAS FOR AMERICA ONLINE USERS TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR ONTO A WINDOWS PC. ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT SEE IT AT THE TIME, THIS INSTIGATED THE BEGINNING OF OUR DOWNFALL.

DESPITE THE COURT FINDING THAT THE REVISED PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, WITHIN TWELVE SHORT YEARS MY COMPANY WAS LEFT FLOUNDERING BY A SERIES OF UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURES: THE FAILURE TO LAUNCH LONGHORN, THE ZUNE, WINDOWS VISTA AND MANY, MANY MORE.

DUE TO SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DEALINGS THROUGHOUT THE 1990S MY COMPANY IS WORTH FOUR-HUNDRED-AND-ONE BILLION U.S. DOLLARS ($401,000,000,000).

MY BITTEREST ENEMY, GOOGLE, NOW REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE INTERNET’S LUCRATIVE ADVERTISING BANNER BUSINESS.

MY COMPANY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN FUNDING THE TAKEOVER OF YAHOO! TO ACQUIRE THE ASSETS OF THE ENTIRE INTERNET COMPANY IN ORDER SO THAT WE MAY REGAIN OUR MARKET LEADING POSITION IN BOTH ADVERTISING AND ONLINE SEARCH.

I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO ALLOW US TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALLING $44 BILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE. THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE THAT WE MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE MID-2008.

I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED, I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE MATTER.

I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT. MY COMPANY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.

SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,

WILLIAM HENRY GATES III
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just received this &#8216;letter&#8217; in my inbox:</p>
<pre><code>IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED:

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: WILLIAM HENRY GATES III
DEAR SIR / MADAM,

I AM WILLIAM HENRY GATES III, AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR, SOFTWARE EXECUTIVE, PHILANTHROPIST AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF SOFTWARE COMPANY MICROSOFT. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING UTMOST CONFIDENCE.

I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CORPORATION YAHOO, A GLOBAL INTERNET SERVICES COMPANY. IT PROVIDES A RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDING A WEB PORTAL, A SEARCH ENGINE, YAHOO MAIL, NEWS, AND POSTING. MY PARTNERS AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY COMPANY, AN AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION WITH 79,000 EMPLOYEES IN 102 COUNTRIES AND GLOBAL ANNUAL REVENUE OF US $51.12 BILLION AS OF 2007.

IN 1996, MY COMPANY, THEN THE PERSONAL COMPUTER MARKET LEADER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE REVENUE SOURCES BY FIXING VARIOUS ANTI-TRUST CASES. THE ISSUE IN QUESTION WAS HOW EASY OR HARD IT WAS FOR AMERICA ONLINE USERS TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR ONTO A WINDOWS PC. ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT SEE IT AT THE TIME, THIS INSTIGATED THE BEGINNING OF OUR DOWNFALL.

DESPITE THE COURT FINDING THAT THE REVISED PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT WAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, WITHIN TWELVE SHORT YEARS MY COMPANY WAS LEFT FLOUNDERING BY A SERIES OF UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURES: THE FAILURE TO LAUNCH LONGHORN, THE ZUNE, WINDOWS VISTA AND MANY, MANY MORE.

DUE TO SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DEALINGS THROUGHOUT THE 1990S MY COMPANY IS WORTH FOUR-HUNDRED-AND-ONE BILLION U.S. DOLLARS ($401,000,000,000).

MY BITTEREST ENEMY, GOOGLE, NOW REMAINS IN CONTROL OF THE INTERNET’S LUCRATIVE ADVERTISING BANNER BUSINESS.

MY COMPANY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN FUNDING THE TAKEOVER OF YAHOO! TO ACQUIRE THE ASSETS OF THE ENTIRE INTERNET COMPANY IN ORDER SO THAT WE MAY REGAIN OUR MARKET LEADING POSITION IN BOTH ADVERTISING AND ONLINE SEARCH.

I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO ALLOW US TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALLING $44 BILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE. THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE THAT WE MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE MID-2008.

I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED, I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE MATTER.

I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT. MY COMPANY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.

SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,

WILLIAM HENRY GATES III
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		<title>By: Microsoft-Yahoo Merger: Our Entire Coverage - GigaOM</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859367</link>
		<dc:creator>Microsoft-Yahoo Merger: Our Entire Coverage - GigaOM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Google Drives Microsoft&#8217;s Hostile Bid for Yahoo [GigaOM] [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>By: Ben Zipperer</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2008/02/01/google-drives-microsofts-hostile-bid-for-yahoo/#comment-859361</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben Zipperer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;It may be a coincidence but this morning Yahoo emailed an offer to Business Hosting customers to upgrade to unlimited email storage, unlimted bandwidth, unlimted online storage, 1000 email accounts for no charge.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It may be a coincidence but this morning Yahoo emailed an offer to Business Hosting customers to upgrade to unlimited email storage, unlimted bandwidth, unlimted online storage, 1000 email accounts for no charge.</p>
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