Independence for Microsoft? No Way. The Thesis Remains.

Recent rumblings out of Redmond have stated that Microsoft, post the Yahoo axel wrap, will pursue and independent path on the Web. No freakin' way, is my first thought. That might be refined once I spend some time with their senior management later this month, but if the company is going to go it alone, it means going back on Steve Ballmer's promise of 25% of Microsoft revenue as advertising. And… » Full Story on John Battelle's Searchblog