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How to Fix Microsoft for $5 Billion

Than perhaps your story should say $48 million instead of $18 million.
Cheers.


On Jun 09 03:35 PM Thomas Jowers wrote:

> 18 Million in addition to the $30 in cash Looksmart already has.
>
>
> I don't believe that MSFT needs to be split up, I would rather see
> a shake up in management. They have way to managers and not enough
> people who actually work. I see the same thing at the company where
> I work. My local branch has 95 employees, and 19 of them are managers.
> Do you really need that many managers, too much stuff gets lost in
> translation and makes it harder to be fast and competitive is all
> you do it have meetings about meetings.
>
> Rackspace would be a goog acquisition for MSFT.
>
> I know that MSFT acquistion history is far from perfect, that is
> why I think that seperate entities need to operate like seperate
> businesses so that they can innovate seperately and then collaborate
> within the company to better the product.
>
> Acquisitions CAN WORK, MSFT just needs to look at previous purchases
> that have worked for other companies and try to capture that lightning
> in a bottle for their own company.
>
> I know it wouldnt be a quick fix, but I personally think it would
> be a step in the right direction.
>
> Keep the comments coming, This is what makes the world better, when
> we can communicate without yelling and arguing!
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
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How to Fix Microsoft for $5 Billion

How would it be possible to buy Looksmart for $18 million when they have $30 million in cash in the bank and no debt.
IAC's contract to Looksmart is only worth $1.1 million from a quarterly revenue stream of $13 million.