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		Was the Yahoo-Google Deal a Ploy To Weaken Yahoo? (slashdot.org)
		1 point by visakhcr on Oct 4, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

pmorici on Oct 4, 2008 [–]

Wasn't the same accusation leveled about the Microsoft / Yahoo deal that fell through? They thought Microsoft wanted to beat down the price of Yahoo and then try and get them to sell their patent portfolio?

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