Did you see this post at http://www.techcrunch.com...

I’d say they’re only scruple would be that FaceBook is entirely PHP + MySQL driven, but who cares.

When you have that much cash lying around does guilt even get close to surfacing.

Well done Microsoft!

The first thing I thought when I heard this story (on Slashdot) was this must be why Microsoft is buying into Facebook at a $10 billion valuation (here, here, here, and here). The next thing that came over me was… ha ha a math error in Excel! The…

Lisa put together a really thoughtful post that outlines some interesting issues that those concerned with privacy should take a few moments to read.
Perhaps those people wishing to take the valuation of Facebook to the mooon might want to pause and th…

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Young people are the people who come up with disruptive innovations. Their thinking is more flexible because they grew up in a fast-changing world. Google just needs to wait for them to show up and offer them partnerships. Brand-wise, Google is God. I would say to a large extent this is justified. This is the information revolution, after all.

think i’ll just buy Fake Dave McClure for a dollar.

http://www.twitter.com/fakedave

September 24th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

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You are wrong. The investment round is 100% certain, the only question is the final identity of the investors.

JAY - ARE YOU EVEN AWARE OF THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING HERE? MSFT BUYING A 5% STAKE IN FB. WAKE UP - NOT A REAL INVESTMENT DEAL BEING PONDERED - WHY WOULD WE NEED FINAL IDENTITIES IF “EVERYONE KNOWS IT IS MSFT”

TRUST ME MSFT IS NOT MAKING SUCH AN INVESTMENT! PERIOD.

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

The thing is, for MSFT this amount is indeed not critical- it’s like another Eolas’ patent settlement.

The real “looser” in this is Zuck, since he will probably end up with his share in 500m (after this the company will likely become unsellable), instead of potentially unloading it for 1B+.

Since its becoming more obvious that Facebook is going to overtake Myspace as the “preferred” social network in the next 12 - 24 months, and since Google have a $1 Billion Deal with Myspace - taking 5% in the company could also mean that they have a more persuasive argument over who CONTINUES to serve ads.

So in my thinking its a strategical move. Microsoft know that by injecting that amount of cash, they are only further promoting their ad serving technology - so its actually a core advertising business investment to an audience of possibly 100+ million in the next 24 months.

I also think that valuing Facebook at that sort of money also indicates there is no way they will be bought out ? i.e. who could afford them ?

I agree that Peter should not sell, since this is still probably insignificant for him compared to his Clarium operations.

Zuck should sell however- chances are he will not have enough time to unload FB in an IPO before the “market correction” - look at the oil price.

Google is not stupid, Yutube is indeed a steal, but FB is a flashmob-like fad.

FaceBook podría valer mas de 15 billones de dólares 
Segun el Wall Street Journal, Microsoft habría hecho una oferta por el 5% de una de las redes sociales de mas rapido crecimiento, FaceBook, la cantidad que Microsoft estar&…

The blogosphere is once again shaken up by the valuation speculated over Facebook. The consensus is Microsoft’s $10 B is too high. But just like I spoke over a videocast at Buram Buram Silikon months ago, I think the valuation should be even high…