Originally Posted by
pdxer
And a quote from the article you mention:
In response to comments that have characterized the story of Microsoft bungling Danger and Pink as too ridiculous to be true, the source wrote, "no one really grasps how dysfunctional Microsoft has become. Yes Microsoft did spend half a billion dollars for, as near as anyone can tell, absolutely nothing. Not exactly the first time. Asserting that it's a ridiculous supposition is in no way disproving it."
(Danger is the company MS bought which ran the sidekick data centers. Pink is an MS zune/phone division.)