Microsoft ponders Facebook possibilities
p2pnet news | Product News:- Presumably, Aaron Greenspan,Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narenda won’t be happy, but Mark Zuckerberg will.
Zuckerberg says Facebook is his, but the other four have also laid claim to it.
Now Bill and the Boyz are thinking about making an investment in the site which could, “value Facebook at $10 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter,” says the Wall Street Journal.
It goes on Google has also expressed strong interest in a possible Facebook investment, said more people “familiar with the matter”.
“Microsoft’s approach to Facebook in recent weeks with proposals to invest in the fast-growing site is part of the software giant’s effort to catch up with the Internet rival Google,” says the WSJ.
If successful, Microsoft’s talks with Facebook could give it an up-to-5% stake in the closely-held startup – a stake potentially valued at roughly $300 million to $500 million, the people familiar with those talks said.”
But those thar people “familiar with the matter” also said discussions are still preliminary, “and Facebook could wind up not taking an investment from either Microsoft or Google”.
Factors include, “the valuation the suitors would offer to Facebook and other business considerations they could contribute to sweeten any deal”.
Also See:
Wall Street Journal – Microsoft Is in Talks To Buy Facebook Stake, September 24, 2007
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