Todd Bishop has put together a time line of the Microsoft/Yahoo! events of the past 3 months. This includes several ‘secret’ meetings between Microsoft & Yahoo! as well as the public milestones. Timeline: Microsoft’s secret Yahoo meetings
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According to the Associated Press, Microsoft has given up and is walking away from the deal to buy-out Yahoo. Check back for any developments. UPDATED 5:20 PM PDT: C|Net has confirmed it is over between Microsoft & Yahoo: In a letter to Yahoo’s CEO Jerry Yang, Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer confirmed that Microsoft was willing to offer $33 a share, but that Yahoo was holding out for at least $37 a share, or $5 billion more than Microsoft was prepared to spend. In the letter, Ballmer also says he is ruling out a direct offer to shareholders. “After careful consideration,…
Vote and see the results of the The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Poll: What should Microsoft do with its Yahoo bid? The choices: Raise the offer to make a deal or bring Yahoo to the table Keep the offer as is and attempt a hostile takeover Lower the price and attempt a hostile takeover Withdraw the offer temporarily and try to revive it later Walk away from the deal entirely. News Source: Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog
It has been nearly a week since Microsoft’s deadline for Yahoo! to accept their merger offer has passed. There had been indications that Microsoft would simply walk away from the deal. But then on Wednesday, it was reported the Microsoft Board was meeting about the possible acquisition. Then late Thursday there was the possibly Microsoft was going to attempt a hostile take over. Today the New York Times is reporting Microsoft and Yahoo are in active merger talks. According to an anonymous source involved in the discussion: Microsoft, which had threatened to abandon its bid, has increased its offer “by…
The addons.mozilla.org (AMO) site was updated to version 3.4.1 earlier this week. Some of the more notable updates/fixes in this AMO release include: Added back the application compatibility ranges on the add-on details pages (example: Works with: Firefox 1.5 to 3.0 pre) Due to popular demand, we’ve separated Themes from Appearance-related extensions and Dictionaries & Language Packs from “Language Support” extensions. So, there are a few more categories that appear on the left-hand side menu. Increased the default add-on list size from 10 to 20 Adding back the application compatibility ranges is a much needed fixed. I had discussed the…
As mentioned in the Weekly Update 2008-04-28, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 is to be released today. Users will be prompted for an automatic update within the next 72 hours.Those wishing to upgrade now can do so via the Help Menu, Check For Updates option or by downloading the latest release at getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 contains many security fixes and the full details can be found in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Release Notes.
As mentioned in the Weekly Update 2008-04-28, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 is to be released today. Users will be prompted for an automatic update within the next 72 hours.Those wishing to upgrade now can do so via the Help Menu, Check For Updates option or by downloading the latest release at getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 contains many security fixes and the full details can be found in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Release Notes.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting the Microsoft Board is meeting today in regards to their possible take-over of Yahoo! The people say that it’s unclear what final approach Microsoft will take, but that discussions between the two companies have been stymied by a stark divide on price. Microsoft has said privately in recent days that it’s willing to offer as much as $32 or $33 a share, well above the $29.12-a-share value of its original cash-and-stock offer as of Tuesday’s market close, these people say. But major Yahoo shareholders have signaled they want in the range of $35 to…
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.15 – Currently working on bug triage Firefox 3 RC 1 – No Report Gecko 1.9 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th Builds start: QA starts: Release to beta channel: Final Release: Status: 26 Blockers remaining for RC Content: 7 (6 w/ patches) GFX: 10 (7 w/ Patches) JS: 3 (3 w/ Patches) Layout: 3 (3 w/ Patches) Platform: 3 (3 w/ Patches) General: 2 (2 w/ Patches) Still 1 unowned blocker. Approximately 8 have patches of some sort. Blockers closed in last seven days by platform team: 15 Blockers created…
This past Saturday, April 26th was the deadline Microsoft had given Yahoo before they would go directly to the shareholders. This deadline was established via a follow-up letter from Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer to Yahoo on April 5th. On last Thursday, April 24th Microsoft finance chief Chris Liddell made comments to investors and then employees: …another of the company’s options is to abandon the bid entirely. If no deal was reached by Saturday, the options are “to try to facilitate a transition, to possibly go directly to Yahoo shareholders. Or to walk away and go back to our original organic…