Google, Microsoft and Lies: On October 31, the New York Times reported that Microsoft had discussed a buyout with Google [...]
Today, USA Today quotes Bill Gates as saying it never happened [...]
Someone is lying.
Could it be Gates? [...]
John Robb, former president of Gomez, a technology research and tools firm, wrote on his Weblog that the Google leak had the smell of a high-end pump and dump scheme, in which venture capitalists and other insiders were boosting Google's prospects ahead of a public offering widely expected next year.
