There have been days, weeks, and months where it seemed like Google was on a never-ending acquisition spree. Now Microsoft seems to have picked up on idea; Steve Ballmer has announced that his corporation will acquire 20 companies per year for the next five years.
David Utter explains that Ballmer’s looking to spend $50 million to $1 billion per acquisition, so teeny tiny companies may not be welcome, but Facebook-sized mammoths are also out of the running.As for how this development may appear to onlookers, well . . . Chris Williams made a clever remark. “What’s the best way to inflate a bubble?” he asked. “Blowhard.”
Indeed, by committing his company to spending as much as $100 billion over five years - without naming so much as an area of interest - Ballmer could have made a very controversial move.
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