Fortune: Microsoft/Facebook rumors untrue
WinInfo | at | by Mike
This is sort of stunning, when you think about it. A reporter for "Fortune Magazine" has accused "The Wall Street Journal" of fabricating a report that Microsoft had sent out acquisition feelers to social networking service Facebook, and did so solely "to keep the news coming when there wasn't much left to say." But the rumor's not true, Fortune senior writer David Kirkpatrick asserts. His reason? "Good sources" at Microsoft. Well, there you go. More problematic, in my opinion, Kirkpatrick then goes out of his way to waffle around his argument, and then provides this bit of complete turnaround: "Long-term, Microsoft will probably look to buy Facebook or up its stake in order to bolster its own search business." So... I'm confused. Are you refuting the WSJ report or not? And what leads you to the following bit of conjecture? "[I'd] imagine Microsoft making a move for MySpace - when it's finally ready." No offense, but this seems like an attempt "to keep the news coming when there wasn't much left to say." More so than, say, the WSJ report. Geesh.