Microsoft Bankers Talked To Facebook About a Deal

"focused on its independent strategy"と Gates が日本で言ったことと矛盾するが・・・。日々の決定にはもう関わっていないと言うことか。

Last year, Microsoft bought a 1.6% stake in the social-networking site worth $240 million and serves advertisements on the site. Microsoft's investment implied a Facebook valuation of $15 billion. Microsoft several times in the past three years expressed an interest in buying Facebook, said people familiar with the matter.
Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in the past has resisted the idea of selling his whole company