Shotgun marriages rarely work

This BBC on-line article covers the problem well: "Microsoft's proposal to buy internet veteran Yahoo for a whopping $44.6bn certainly grabs the attention. But does it make business sense? In a way this won't be the Microsoft founder's problem. This summer Mr Gates will leave the company to work full-time on fighting global poverty and diseases like AIDS, Malaria and TB. But the Microsoft managers who have to make it work will be asked whether this is a case of one failing giant trying to prop up another."

Rico said that Billy bailed on the problem, and he almost feels sorry for those Microsofties who have to deal with it now...