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Report: Microsoft Feels Out Facebook Deal
05/07/08 - 04:28 PM EDT
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Another rationale for acquiring Facebook would be to make it interoperable with Windows Outlook. As Microsoft seeks to grow its online presence, one possible target occasionally mentioned as an alternative to Yahoo! is AOL, a division of Time-WarnerTWX. But AOL has significant drawbacks for Microsoft. Although it has a big presence in some foreign markets, such as Russia, the portal lacks an advertising platform, already outsources ads through Google, and is not gaining market share, Hall said.
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