Google snatches DoubleClick from M$ for 3.1 billion


	Google snatches DoubleClick from M$ for 3.1 billion

ericskiff

4-13-2007 5:36 PM

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google, doubleclick, microsoft, purchase, billion, crazy, business, finance

ericskiff says:

Wow! Bill Gates must be fuming right now.

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4-13-2007 6:34 PM

egoldstein

Unreal...who would have thought we'd live to see the day that Microsoft gets pushed around. Is there even a small chance that these companies are bluffing interest in acquiring companies in order to get google to spread itself too thin?

First YouTube and now DoubleClick. I mean, it's not like Microsoft couldn't have moved quicker or spent just as much money to buy it. I'm not saying it's so. But is it even a remote possibility?

4-13-2007 6:48 PM

The REAL Napster

You choose Google, you win. Microsoft peaked 2-3 years ago.

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