I like Microsoft-is-big-and-dumb stories: "As an interesting side note, Providence was heavily involved in the $15 billion round, and submitted a term sheet in

I like Microsoft-is-big-and-dumb stories: "As an interesting side note, Providence was heavily involved in the $15 billion round, and submitted a term sheet in the $10 billion range or higher at that time. The big rumor is that Facebook convinced Microsoft that the competition was Google, not a private equity firm, and it helped close the deal at a much higher rate."