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The debt load Yahoo would have to take on would be daunting, not to mention the prospect of actually trying to run Microsoft. But that’s entirely beside the point. The goal is not to actually wind up with corporate control of Microsoft, but to launch a credible enough threat that Microsoft decides whatever it might gain in acquiring Yahoo is not worth the financial, reputational and competitive pain the effort entails.”

Seattle Post Intelligencer reporter Bill Virgin says Yahoo should launch a hostile takeover of Microsoft.