Microsoft want to acquire yahoo for $45 billion. MS's this step is considered as a step to control the webworld or to defeat Google. What's ur opinion ? Do you think yahoo should say yes or no? Do you think it will affect Google, how badly ?
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Jump to Post— jwenting 1,905Google said so...
Jump to Post— anupam_smart 2Today Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is growing impatient more than two months after the Redmond, Washington-based software behemoth made its unsolicited takeover offer for Yahoo. Yahoo Inc. has three weeks to accept Microsoft Corp.'s $31 per share cash-and-stock offer, or Microsoft will mount a proxy battle to …
Jump to Post— vegaseat 1,735Amongst investors Microsoft is considered a pretty stodgy corporation. The lack of innovation certainly is part of that impression.
Jump to Post— Infarction 503I would feel so sorry for all the innovative folks at Yahoo.
I hear a lot of them left when the news came out...
Amongst investors Microsoft is considered a pretty stodgy corporation. The lack of innovation certainly is part of that impression.
Oh? Can you be specific about the …
Jump to Post— twomers 408You got a link for that, vegaseat? Did they give a reason for it?
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joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
You serious? Yahoo has been sucking the last few years. Yahoo should take the money and run... and I guarantee that's what they'll do..
And yeah, of course Microsoft wants dominance on the web.. However, they wont have long.. Once the dems take control of all three branches of government, Microsoft and many other companies will be broken up as a monopoly :P
Ahh.. the good 'ole trust-busting dems.. always contributing to recession..
Michael_Knight 10 Posting Whiz in Training
If this deal goes through, it wont happen until the second quarter of this year, and remember, Microsoft and Yahoo have had these talks before.
Yes, there will be a dominance, the Mobile/Cell phone market for example. If this merger goes ahead, the tools and technology is already in place, Microsoft will deploy this way before Google.
Yahoo's business side take over 40 Billion a year, in 3 years, Microsoft will have all their money back, plus a mega profit, and that's just the Business side. You do the math.
jwenting 1,905 duckman Team Colleague
It may finally do something about the increasing dominance of Google over all aspects of the internet...
At the moment neither Microsoft nor Yahoo has the power to challenge Google when it comes to online services (except possibly email), this deal should level the playing field in at least some areas.
jonc 3 Junior Poster
At the moment neither Microsoft nor Yahoo has the power to challenge Google when it comes to online services (except possibly email)
I personally think Google's email is much better than Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail for the main reason that it is quick to load, and is easy to navigate around. Granted, I think they've ruined the contacts section after they added some sort of control into it, it was much better before they started messing with that.
Hotmail is slow and clunky and Yahoo! (whilst a fair bit quicker in my experience), is just too confusing with the tabs for email etc. I welcome this move by Microsoft though, perhaps Hotmail will improve as a result?
seanp17 0 Newbie Poster
i heard the microsoft want to buy google aswell.humm..i doubt it
and personally, i think hotmail is better than gmail
scru 909 Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Google is inherently evil. I hope this deal kills them. But alas, it won't.
twomers 408 Posting Virtuoso
Why are Google evil?
DangerDev 107 Posting Pro in Training
>>Google is inherently evil.
whyyyyyyyyy ???
i think its a good company at least u dont have to pay for its services( in general).
did u heard about google books project ??
>>i heard the microsoft want to buy google aswell.
never
>>At the moment neither Microsoft nor Yahoo has the power to challenge Google when it comes to online services
yep :)
>>.....online services (except possibly email),
i think gmail is better then yahoo mail except it doesnot provide Folder feature like yahoo mail. But its POP and forwarding feature is greaaatttttt which is paid in yahoo.
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
Google rocks! Of course, they are trying to index every possible piece of data in the entire world in hopes of an international coup.. but hell, gotta love 'em! :)
ZZucker 342 Practically a Master Poster
You serious? Yahoo has been sucking the last few years. Yahoo should take the money and run... and I guarantee that's what they'll do..
And yeah, of course Microsoft wants dominance on the web.. However, they wont have long.. Once the dems take control of all three branches of government, Microsoft and many other companies will be broken up as a monopoly :P
Ahh.. the good 'ole trust-busting dems.. always contributing to recession..
Is there ever anything positive that comes up in your mind? I feel sorry for you!
Jx_Man 987 Nearly a Senior Poster Featured Poster
Nope.... Yahoo won't to deal with Microsoft.
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
Is there ever anything positive that comes up in your mind? I feel sorry for you!
Hey, the truth hurts.. don't shoot the messenger!
DangerDev 107 Posting Pro in Training
Nope.... Yahoo won't to deal with Microsoft.
How can u say...........
jwenting 1,905 duckman Team Colleague
Google said so...
Lardmeister commented: wonderful humour +2
Lardmeister 461 Posting Virtuoso
Two stocks that underperform getting together. The result will be additive not multiplicative.
Lardmeister 461 Posting Virtuoso
Google said so...
Hey JW, wonderful humour there!
Ene Uran 638 Posting Virtuoso
Google said so...
A beautiful come back! You are showing the witty side of yourself there JW.
I have friends that work at MS, and they claim that they already have a great search engine in house. Looks like Yahoo might just be market share.
kritguy 0 Newbie Poster
Expanded audience? Email infrastructure? Market share? Who knows. One thing is for sure, Microsoft make very few poor business decisions.
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
AFTER Microsoft aquire Yahoo, it will be all about the benjamins, both companies have stock for leff that 30. and going down althoug google feel to a meager 1.39 point, still they dont compare to 495,,,,,,,,we all can add right,,,,now imaginf when this giant take over yahoo, and the market share that both have,,,,,,,,its simular to Cingular and AT&T,,,,,it's all about who got the bigger portion of the market and that the bottom line,,,,, the money.....now imagine when they revamp the whole WWW and latch on to google ADsense.......not to mention the mobile market that microsoft command,,,,
DangerDev 107 Posting Pro in Training
AFTER Microsoft aquire Yahoo, it will be all about the benjamins, both companies have stock for leff that 30. and going down althoug google feel to a meager 1.39 point, still they dont compare to 495,,,,,,,,we all can add right,,,,now imaginf when this giant take over yahoo, and the market share that both have,,,,,,,,its simular to Cingular and AT&T,,,,,it's all about who got the bigger portion of the market and that the bottom line,,,,, the money.....now imagine when they revamp the whole WWW and latch on to google ADsense.......not to mention the mobile market that microsoft command,,,,
nice.........now can u explain...
ithelp 757 Posting Virtuoso Banned
Google stock are highly overprices , it should fall under $50, if yahoo and msn deal goes though.
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
haha.. BS
Ene Uran 638 Posting Virtuoso
Google stock are highly overprices , it should fall under $50, if yahoo and msn deal goes though.
If the stock market would only be that easy.
scru 909 Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
If the stock market would only be that easy.
You call that easy? I still can't see the logic behind his post!
Lardmeister 461 Posting Virtuoso
You call that easy? I still can't see the logic behind his post!
Well, it's a market. Some other stall offers cheaper goods, people will buy there. That's about all the logic there is.
sneekula 969 Nearly a Posting Maven
Well, it's a market. Some other stall offers cheaper goods, people will buy there. That's about all the logic there is.
Not totally true, in this market you most often have to sell something first before you can buy.
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
Well, it's a market. Some other stall offers cheaper goods, people will buy there. That's about all the logic there is.
Wow.. I think that post proves that you are a young, naive fool.
bumsfeld 413 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Wow.. I think that post proves that you are a young, naive fool.
Mon dieu, if Lardmeister is one fool than what are you? How low can you go?
joshSCH commented: The french are a bunch of pussies -2
Sulley's Boo commented: -_- nevermind him .. +5
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
Looks like yahoo will reject the offer..
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/10yahoo.html?ex=1203224400&en=68999ac042866793&ei=5024&partner=BLACKBOARD
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