Microsoft says they don’t need Yahoo - Bad move?

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer announced late yesterday that they may turn their back on the Yahoo deal.  But is this a good decision to make this late in the game?  Think about it.  Ever since Microsoft started dropping hint bombs about their offer on Yahoo, it has made their management go into overdrive.  Struggling to the best of their ability they have revamped their services and bottom line.  Yahoo did something that no one thought they would do.  They actually got into bed with Google with a “trial” advertisement campaign to see if they could increase their value to stem Microsoft off.  At this point, Microsoft has woken the beast within and clearly Yahoo has shown they will not go down without a fight.  If Microsoft backs off, Yahoo is now stronger and possesses better leadership than it has in the past few years.  And Microsoft has brought this on themselves!  Either they follow through with it or Yahoo may very well continue to be a top contender along side Google.  Who knows, with this recent vigor, Yahoo may dump additional money into R&D and surpass Google one day all because of Microsoft.