That didn’t take long. Two days after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a three-week acquisition ultimatum to Yahoo’s board, Yahoo answered with its own letter.

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On April 5, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a new missive to the Yahoo board of directors, advising them not to let “this window of opportunity pass” by failing to give in to Microsoft’s acquisition offer. Here’s the text of the letter.

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As the week draws to a close, there are a few Microsoft-related “no’s” worth noting — beyond the no more extensions for Windows XP’s preload cutoff date of June 30. Other no’s I noticed:

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Over the past couple of days, I’ve noticed more new speculation about Microsoft’s timetable for delivering Windows 7, the next version of Windows. Microsoft is saying publicly 2010 is still the likely RTM date, but late 2009 is undoubtedly a possibility.

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Microsoft officials have been (mostly) careful about talking about their Silverlight 2.0 release schedule. But, based on one Microsoft blogger’s post, it looks like Silverlight 2.0 is on track to RTM by the end of this summer.

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