$17bn here, $20bn there . . .
At what point does one sit back and ask oneself "hmm, can anyone else really put umpteen billion on the table ? Can we not wait a bit for the cost to go down ?"
Billions have flown and burned in the past decade, and Microsoft alone has written off more money than a small country's GDP.
Take a step back and calm down, Golden Boys. You're driving the entire world into a wall and this is one case where betting on failure will not pay off because there will be nothing left to pay with.