Microsoft Hungry! Must Feed!

Mircosoft isn’t done yet.

A week after Yahoo! denied their takeover attempt, Microsoft is now going after Facebook, according to Epicenter.  Apparently, they need to spend a ton of money.  If I had tens of billions of dollars, it would be burning a whole in my pocket.

In all seriousness, Microsoft went from trying to buy a proven commodity in Yahoo! to trying to buy what could be a flash in the pan in Facebook.  Microsoft is desperate to get in on the digital ad and promo business.  Yahoo! would have made a good partner for them and they could have done some great things.  Facebook and Microsoft together will accomplish just as much as they could apart, nothing but pissing users off with annoying ads or invading privacy.

What it could do, however, is make Yahoo! jealous.  It wasn’t long ago that Yahoo! tried to buy Facebook.  If Microsoft succeeds, it could temp Yahoo! into a deal with Microsoft.