There have been so many twists and turns to this tale since Microsoft's buyout proposal last year was rejected by Yahoo that I no longer will bother recounting them. It's on again, it's off again. There's some kind of deal, there's no deal. Get over each other, I say. Go your separate ways and live your lives. It's for the best. Years from now you can rediscover each other on Facebook. But most of all, stop talking about each other! It's driving your friends crazy.Microsoft still sees value in a potential partnership with Yahoo even though it is no longer wants to buy it, CEO Steve Ballmer said on Friday.
"I have said many times that we no longer are interested in acquiring Yahoo, but we'd see the potential to create real value by partnering with Yahoo," he said at an industry event in Germany.
"I have said many times that when the time is right I'm sure we will have such discussions and I've said many times I'm not going to tell you when the time is right."
Technology blog All Things Digital reported this month the chief executives of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) had met to discuss potential partnerships between the companies' Internet search and advertising operations. At the time, both companies declined to comment on the report.
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