Microsoft couldn't get all of Yahoo, but it can still get some Yahoo employees
Microsoft may not have been able to complete the deal to buyout Yahoo, but the company has now launched a recruiting campaign aimed at Yahoo's engineers.
"There is just great search talent here," Microsoft spokesperson Doug Free said during an interview.
Microsoft has several offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it is now showing a renewed interest in adding office space and employees. Microsoft already has offices in San Francisco and Mountain View -- about one million square feet of office space -- and 2,000 employees.
Microsoft would have been able to add 2 million square feet of office space and an additional 5,000 employees to its Bay Area roster.
The fallout from the failed Microsoft deal has seen a number of Yahoo executives flee the company over the past several months. The Mountain View-based company also laid off 1,000 employees in February.
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