Announce Availability of Sun Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
SANTA CLARA, CA REDMOND, WA March 10, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced two new milestones in their ongoing alliance - the official opening of the Sun/Microsoft Interoperability Center on Microsoft’s Redmond campus for optimizing Microsoft applications on Sun Fire x64 server systems and storage, and the availability of the Sun Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. More information on the Sun Infrastructure Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is available …

It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties.
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REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 11, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) that its Board of Directors has rejected Microsoft’s previously announced proposal to acquire Yahoo!:
It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has …

Going for the jugular, Google suggests that the Redmond Giant could (and would?) use unsavory tactics for unfair advantage, ultimately harming the Internet and the very open and innovative environment that’s driving it.
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About microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) (SEHK: 4338), or often just MS, is 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. It develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, …

Now we know it wasn’t just a rumor all these months. Microsoft (MSFT) has been seriously thinking about swallowing up Yahoo (YHOO) since way back in 2006. In what would be by far its largest acquisition ever
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News) said it may take “quite a bit of time” to weigh its strategic options, including keeping the company independent, following Microsoft Corp’s (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) $45 billion offer to buy the company.
In a weekend posting on the company’s Web site, Yahoo said …