^Efficiency rocks.
Anyways, Microsoft seems committed to the idea.
"Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer put online services at the center of the software giant's strategy in a meeting with financial analysts Monday, making a forceful case for the $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! that the software giant unveiled Friday.
Underscoring the importance of the deal, Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said that in addition to dipping into its deep pile of cash, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) will borrow money for the first time to make the deal happen."
-Forbes
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