Google on Microsoft-Facebook
Found this on Adotas.
Sergey Brin on the Microsoft-facebook deal - “Some of our competitors might be willing to spend very large amounts of money…and we’re really interested in doing sustainable economic deals so we would rather not participate in those sorts of transactions.”
Coming from the company that drove inflation into web company valuations (on the back of strong free cash flow/stock) to keep Yahoo! and numerous other web players out of the acquisition ring on numerous occasions. Ouch, must hurt!
To quote another Googler, the views expressed here are mine alone, and not those of my employer.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
[…] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptSergey Brin on the Microsoft-facebook deal - “Some of our competitors might be willing to spend very large amounts of money…and we’re really interested in doing sustainable economic deals so we would rather not participate in those … […]
October 27th, 2007 at 5:21 am
http://valleywag.com/tech/exclusive/sergey-facebook-investor-up-to–what-312708.php
If Google wasnt interested i wonder what this post is about.