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It’s Friday night and still no word from the Microsoft or Yahoo bunkers. The headline for today tell the account (see Techmeme).The Wall Street Journal, which appears to be a conduit for the talks, has a story, “Microsoft, Yahoo meeting make stronger In Push to Reach a welcoming Deal,” and another one, “Yahoo-Google Pact May Be shut.” It doesn’t seem that a Yahoo-Google mating on publicity would lead to a friendly Microsoft-Yahoo conversation this weekend. It’s an attractive pastime of chicken, with many issue, such as narrow approval, up in the air for any variation of a deal with the triangle.Of course, Ballmer has other option. He could take the antagonistic takeover route, or saunter away for now and perhaps approach back later if Yahoo goes into plummet, even with Google filling its treasury.

Whatever the result, it doesn’t alter the reality that Microsoft older organization powerfully believes that it has to do something theatrical to vie with Google. The information that Google has insert itself into the procedure has to be galling to Microsoft, which could guide to the hostile way.

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