The $10bn acquisition spree - Valleywag Comments

The $10bn acquisition spree

DaveMcClure500Hats — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:29:09 PDT

hey anonymous: snotballs?!? you don't like snotballs? why then, go get your graph fix elsewhere.

i love 'em. here's to more big green snotballs.

hhoooooiiiiiccchhhhhhhhh----TOOOO...!

The $10bn acquisition spree

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:44:37 PDT

I know the poster loves to play with charts with green bubbles, unlabeled axes, cluttered text, and nonsensical information, but would it be too much to ask to just dispense with the snot balls (which in this chart are redundant), to label, and to plot things like a normal person?

I can recommend some very good basic Excel and financial charting books if you'd like. Ever heard of Ed Tufte?

Anonymous

The $10bn acquisition spree

ashkan — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:09:31 PDT

I'm curious to see why you think strategically it's less clear.

Yes, a lot can go wrong, but MSFT just skimmed the market and is now an advertising and software firm. Any other deal (DCLK, TFSM, etc) would not have accomplished this.

Wrote about the impact and upside for MSFT's online universe and MSN/Live.com efforts here:
http://www.watchmojo.com/web/blog/?p=1571

ashkan

The $10bn acquisition spree

DaveMcClure500Hats — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:03:10 PDT

interesting graph.

everybody seems to be ok doing deals at right around 2% of their market cap.

DaveMcClure500Hats