By Owen Thomas, 2:38 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008, 576 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)

Copy this whole post to another site

Slurp cancel

select site advertising consumerist deadspin defamer fleshbot gay fleshbot gawker gizmodo idolator io9 jalopnik jezebel kotaku lifehacker valleywag artists gawkershop sploid gawkertv

On Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Yahoo's Jerry Yang of his plans to launch a takeover, giving him two days to respond before he went public with the offer. "I could not believe Microsoft would be so aggressive," said one Yahoo executive. Yahoo: Almost too nice to function. [AllThingsD]