Microsoft wants the Yahoo deal, but doesn’t want to rush into things, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said to the Financial Times. The company is not in a hurry to merge its technology platform to that of Yahoo, he explained.

Ozzie commented in an interview that “technology companies, if they dive in and just smash things together for smashing them together’s sake, it’s reckless, it’s just simply reckless,” adding that Yahoo has its own technologies and corporate culture.

At the same time, Ozzie declared himself optimistic that Microsoft will be able to achieve its main goals if the deal with Yahoo will materialize, as long as they will focus on giving users and advertisers the same experience, rather than rushing into getting financial benefits from the deal.

Microsoft is very interested in Yahoo as it plans to extend its online activities and put Google face to face with a new challenge. According to Ozzie, Microsoft wants to double its software business by making a statement on the online services market.

At the Mix08 Conference, Microsoft’s Chief Software architect said: “Although I can’t talk much about our proposed offer to buy Yahoo, I can say it’s already added some interesting twists to what promises to be a really, really exciting year ahead.”

Highlighting the importance of Microsoft’s presence on the online services market, he added: “There are really two distinct and important aspects of our all-up services strategy, both of them are critical to our success. The first is about the things that we do to deeply embrace advertising … The second is about how the Internet is reshaping and transforming Microsoft’s existing products and services across the board in all the markets that we serve.”

Microsoft proposed to buy Yahoo for approximately $44 billion, an offer that Yahoo rejected after considering it to “undervalue” their brand. Rumors of Yahoo turning to other companies as to avoid Microsoft haven’t stopped emerging, but Microsoft stood its ground and kept its offer active.