October 24, 2007

Microsoft Corporation
Steve Ballmer, CEO
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052

Dear Steve:

Congratulations! I see that you have finally convinced Zuckerberg to sell you a stake in Facebook. Great news! Now only 19 more acquisitions to make this year until your “20 acquisition per year” strategy is deemed a success.

But listen: only a 1.6% stake? 1.6%? A $15 billion valuation? Wow! And MySpace is still bigger than Facebook, and interest in Facebook is really trailing off in recent weeks if you look at the news coverage. I mean really - creating start-ups around Facebook apps is SOOOOOO September 2007. But I guess as long as those apps are on .NET, then it’s all good, right?

Anyway . . . let me throw this out. Bill will REALLY pat you on the head when you bring him this: We’ll sell you ALL - that means 100% - of Pronetos for $240 million. No reason to get lawyers or bankers involved - hell - we don’t even need to shake hands. Just leave a comment on this blog accepting the terms, and we’ll have the OpenSourcery guys give you the keys to the kingdom. Although, is there anyone over there at MS that can run a Ruby Server? Probably not.

Well, that’s not my pro’lem.

So let me know big guy! Hell, you’ll only need 18 more acquisitions this year to meet your target! That’s a real bonus for you! C’mon - $240 million is 1/12 of 1% of your cash on-hand. You can do it Steve!!! Bill will let ya!

Sincerely,

Chris Blanchard
CEO
Pronetos, Inc.