Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won't Sell

Asked about the press’s speculation today that Microsoft – freshly spurned from its attempts to acquire Yahoo outright and rumored to now be trying to cherry pick Yahoo’s search and search marketing teams – also wants to acquire Facebook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded,

You can tell, from our history and what we’ve done, that we really wanted to keep the company independent, by focusing on building and focusing on the long-term.

While everybody has a price for almost everything in life, I believe that as long as Zuckerberg is in control, Facebook will remain independent.

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