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03-10-2008, 08:48 PM
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has pledged the company would gain share against Google in online advertising and Web searching, even if it's his "last breath" at the company.
Speaking at Microsoft's MIX08 online technology conference in Las Vegas, Ballmer reiterated the justifications for its $US41.2 billion ($NZ51 billion) unsolicited offer for Yahoo, saying the deal would accelerate its efforts to build a competitor to Google.
"So it may be my last breath at Microsoft, but we're going to be there, working away, building share," said Ballmer during a bantering question-and-answer session with Guy Kawasaki, a venture capitalist and one of the first employees at Apple.
"In online, yeah, it's Google, Google, Google, and we're in the game. We're just the little engine that could," joked Ballmer, whose company is the world's largest software maker.
Reuters
Speaking at Microsoft's MIX08 online technology conference in Las Vegas, Ballmer reiterated the justifications for its $US41.2 billion ($NZ51 billion) unsolicited offer for Yahoo, saying the deal would accelerate its efforts to build a competitor to Google.
"So it may be my last breath at Microsoft, but we're going to be there, working away, building share," said Ballmer during a bantering question-and-answer session with Guy Kawasaki, a venture capitalist and one of the first employees at Apple.
"In online, yeah, it's Google, Google, Google, and we're in the game. We're just the little engine that could," joked Ballmer, whose company is the world's largest software maker.
Reuters