Facebook and Microsoft Expand Strategic Alliance

短短几个月时间，未上市的Facebook的估值已经从一年前的10亿美元，升值到几个月前的100亿美元，再进一步升值到目前的150亿美元，很难再有一家创业公司能取得这样的成绩。Google的参战，迫使微软以更多的现金（2.4亿美元）获取更少的Facebook股份（1.6%），但总算排除了Facebook未来被Google吞并的可能，这对于怪兽一般无限膨胀的Google来说，当然是一件坏事，但对互联网的发展来说，却不见得不好。Facebook最终没有被任何一家巨头收购，保持了独立发展的机会，也是再好不过的一件事。而且，由于Facebook的较高估值，除了将来独立上市，Facebook也基本上不会再被收购。

Facebook and Microsoft Expand Strategic Alliance:

Facebook and Microsoft Corp. today announced that the two companies would expand their advertising partnership and that Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation. Under the expanded strategic alliance, Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party advertising platform partner for Facebook, and will begin to sell advertising for Facebook internationally in addition to the United States.