Forget friendship, Gates likes his break-ups quick and clean, and he will make new friends too, because he has all the money in the world.

Oh well, better to have live and loved, yada, yada, yada. From the AP:

"Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo.
He said in Tokyo that the company put "a lot of effort" in the talks with Yahoo and has decided the two should pursue "independent paths.""