Fight or flight? Tough choice for Ballmer and crew

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Thu, 05/01/2008 - 9:41am

As the week drags on, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer under pressure to propose which option to take in his unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo, here are some stats to put in the spreadsheet.

But first, some background.

Microsoft's board, which reportedly met Wednesday, apparently came to no conclusion ...


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