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October 19, 2011 05:21 am GMT

Ballmer On Not Buying Yahoo: "Sometimes Youre Lucky 

aacd2b5c48b14e429eec4e0fad3be83b_7Speaking today at Web 2.0, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was boisterous as usual. In a rousing talk with John Batelle, Ballmer talked about how, since last being on stage at Web 2.0 three years ago, Bing has doubled its market share, Microsoft hasn't completely given up on competing with Google+ and social, the tech giant bought Skype for a boatload, among other topics of interest for Microsofties and Windows aficionados.In what was both a stroll down memory lane, and a calibration of Microsoft's roadmap going forward, Batelle raised the question of whether or not Ballmer was glad that Microsoft didn't buy Yahoo for $44 billion back in 2008."Sometimes you are lucky", he said, grinning.

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