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Ballmer's statement is legally questionable
You're not really allowed to threaten to artificially depress the market value of a company in order to buy it cheaply as an extortion/negotiating tool. We tend to call that oh, I dunno, RACKETEERING. The implication, is as I'm sure you see, a threat that NO ONE else would be allowed to bid either.
I've always had my doubts about Sweating Steve's sanity. He is truly an unhinged nut who's role has always been defined by his close personal relationship with Gates and his own schizoid maniacal personality. Maybe Napoleonic tirades work in-house but the law tends to frown on them.