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The hard sell hasn't worked, so maybe a softer appeal to the heart could woo Yahoo into Microsoft's loving embrace? Seems Steve Ballmer spent the afternoon crafting a love letter to Jerry Yang and posted it to the Missing Connections section of Craigslist.

I have always had great respect for you, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting romance while becoming better positioned to please each other.

Full post after the jump.

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