Da es mir heute gesundheitlich nicht gerade super geht und ich gar kein Bock auf Computer habe, erspar ich euch das Ganze und komme gleich zur Sache.

Microsoft hat sich schon seit längerem das Ziel erklärt, die Nummer 1 im online Werbemark…

New York Post‘un geçtiği haber Yahoo! hisselerine tarihi yükselişi getirdi.
Konuyu kısaca özetlemem gerekirse. Microsoft, Yahoo‘yu satın almak için bir girişimde bulunmuş. Aslında bu girişim ilk değilmiş. Bir süre önce Micro…

Microsoft has revived talks with Yahoo about a possible acquisition, or a merger, although I would think Microsoft would just buy them, but what do I know.
Microsoft Eyes Search Giant In Proposed Takeover Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm …

http://www.reuters.com/article.....3320070504

Remember you heard it first here.
Alright ligthen up, that’s just a joke!!
But would it really be so surprising for Google to do just that.
For Yahoo the upsides are plenty -
- stop competing with light years better Google search and monetize th…

http://auctions.yahoo.com/show.....pe=message

Someone BLINKED !

Now, if you could combine the Goliath that will be generated from these two companies with something like News Corp, then the end of the world as we know it might be at hand.

I’m amazed at how short-sighted this community can be.

I would have loved to read a TC thread when Netscape was red hot. “Netscape is going to kill Microsoft and own the desktop.”

Yeah, that happened.

The fastest way to decimate tens of millions of loyal Yahoo Mail and Flickr users? Demand they use IE 7 ( ONLY ) to get their mail and manage their photos - which would be the the first thing Microsoft does on day one.

hahahah riiiiiiight

I’m sure that’s exactly what they’re going to do. Because you get to be the biggest Software company on the planet by doing incredibly stupid things just to make it easier for the Internet to hate you.

A game to watch- A close fight is always exciting than a one sided…so enjoy!

Of course, an outright flop would be a disaster (relatively speaking), and you’re right — all the pundits, analysts, idiots, blogs, and shareholders would scream “SEE, I told you Kelli was right! — from the top of every mountain”

But, in reality — it would not flop outright or immediately. In truth, it would take a long time to learn if synergies and value were gained. A good parallel would be HP and Compaq… remember that witch hunt? Turns out, regardless of what those same pundits had to say, the truth varied to a fair degree and the full answer is still not known.

Yes, you’re also right, it would be an expensive deal — However, even if the wheels came completely off… Microsoft would easily survive it (hence my earlier point to you. I will admit, “shrug it off” is an understatement - however not nearly to the degree to which your “deadpool” comment was an overstatement).

Remember, this is a company which buys back $6.7B of its own stock in ONE QUARTER! They are a friggin’ CASH REGISTER. They have an incredible buffer and ability to be wrong, even at a very large scale, without sacrificing the viability of the company. Who cares if it cost Balmer his job? That has nothing to do with the sustainability of the company which is what you inferred in your original post.

BTW, they’re already getting killed by GOOG. Don’t you get it? There is no upside from doing nothing at this point, they need to leverage their balance sheet and put some pressure back on them.

Maybe they are trying to stir Google’s pot on this. Microsoft got interested in DoubleClick as everyone knew and Google stole their thunder. Maybe they want to lure Google to Yahoo and have them over spend. It’s stupid and juvenile but then again, we’re talking about Microsoft.

If I could say anything to Microsoft/Ballmer/Gates, it would be this: hey, you’re doing alright as it is. You’re not exactly rolling pennies for gas money here. You dominate so much (OS, Office, etc etc etc.) Don’t get into a merger that will almost certainly drag your company down and hand over even more market share in search and advertising to Google. There’s a reason why you’re number 3 and you can’t just buy your way out of it.

Micrudsoft’s handling of Hotmail is just one example. I used Hotmail as my primary email before they were taken over by MS. Hotmail then went to hell. The same will happen to Yahoo mail if this take over occurs. And all of Yahoo’s different departments will suffer the same fate.

The proof is in the way that Microsoft has handled itself in the past, and how it is still acting now. If you don’t know your history, you are doomed to repeat it…