Comments on: Yahoo Fence Sitting, Will Meet With Microsoft And AOL Next Week http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2174931 joe Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2174931 Could microsoft just buy AOL for cheaper than Yahoo? Could microsoft just buy AOL for cheaper than Yahoo?

]]> By: Sudoku Maniac http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2169671 Sudoku Maniac Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:38:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2169671 Why does M$ just not buy shares directly from the public share holders ? Why does M$ just not buy shares directly from the public share holders ?

]]> By: Laurent’s blog » Blog Archive » Around the web this week http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2169352 Laurent’s blog » Blog Archive » Around the web this week Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:43:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2169352 [...] Shareholder Nearly Doubles Stake, Yahoo weighing Options, Keeps Them Open (The New York Times), Yahoo Fence Sitting - Will Meet With Microsoft And AOL Next Week (Techcrunch). Interestingly, the fact that Gordon Crawford is increasing its position in Yahoo [...] [...] Shareholder Nearly Doubles Stake, Yahoo weighing Options, Keeps Them Open (The New York Times), Yahoo Fence Sitting - Will Meet With Microsoft And AOL Next Week (Techcrunch). Interestingly, the fact that Gordon Crawford is increasing its position in Yahoo [...]

]]> By: b http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2168736 b Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2168736 I don't think the shareholders are dumb enough to accept AOL. Even for free. As for Microsoft, it is just desperate. If it is able to pull off this stunt and purchase Y!, I expect an exodus of talented Y! employees before all is said and done (I'll be waving goodbye as well). In the end, it will succeed in killing off two companies at once. It might still succeed in that, even if it isn't able to buy Y!. There are still many more obstacles ahead, including a showdown with EU regulators over antitrust concerns while weighed down by its recent antitrust setbacks, a possible Democratic administration which may provide more than a cursory glance over the application, a possible poison pill invoked by the Y! board, disgruntled shareholders of both companies, negative public opinion, an impending drop in revenues as fewer computers are sold combined with open source software eating its lunch, and a tight credit market that will make it harder for any company (including MS) from getting loans to pursue its prey. I don’t think the shareholders are dumb enough to accept AOL. Even for free.

As for Microsoft, it is just desperate. If it is able to pull off this stunt and purchase Y!, I expect an exodus of talented Y! employees before all is said and done (I’ll be waving goodbye as well). In the end, it will succeed in killing off two companies at once. It might still succeed in that, even if it isn’t able to buy Y!. There are still many more obstacles ahead, including a showdown with EU regulators over antitrust concerns while weighed down by its recent antitrust setbacks, a possible Democratic administration which may provide more than a cursory glance over the application, a possible poison pill invoked by the Y! board, disgruntled shareholders of both companies, negative public opinion, an impending drop in revenues as fewer computers are sold combined with open source software eating its lunch, and a tight credit market that will make it harder for any company (including MS) from getting loans to pursue its prey.

]]> By: Paulo Eduardo Jacareí, SP http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2167381 Paulo Eduardo Jacareí, SP Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:39:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2167381 Yahoo! is like a virgin who is desperately "negotiating" with her suitor not to go to bed right now, but is dying for the wedding to happen soon because besides getting too old and fat day by day, it may not be lucky enough to have a better proposal. Better something than nothing! But who said 44 billion is nothing for an ugly woman? Yahoo! is like a virgin who is desperately “negotiating” with her suitor not to go to bed right now, but is dying for the wedding to happen soon because besides getting too old and fat day by day, it may not be lucky enough to have a better proposal. Better something than nothing! But who said 44 billion is nothing for an ugly woman?

]]> By: Jaan Kanellis http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2166729 Jaan Kanellis Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:05:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2166729 What about Google testing AdSense on Yahoo? What about Google testing AdSense on Yahoo?

]]> By: Dallas Clark http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165847 Dallas Clark Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:18:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165847 It will be 2012 by the time the deal reaches the title "???? buys Yahoo" It will be 2012 by the time the deal reaches the title “???? buys Yahoo”

]]> By: Billy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165341 Billy Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:55:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165341 Yahoo merging with either AOL or Microsoft is a bad idea. To be honest, I'm pretty sick of the news about it. I don't much care anymore. :) Yahoo merging with either AOL or Microsoft is a bad idea.

To be honest, I’m pretty sick of the news about it. I don’t much care anymore. :)

]]> By: 113.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165335 113.com Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:46:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165335 Cute picture :-o Cute picture :-o

]]> By: magixman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165324 magixman Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:37:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165324 Why is Yahoo in trouble to begin with? They have become too large and lost their agility which is what it takes to succeed in the space they are in. Management knows this and realize that getting married to Microsoft, an even less agile company, is not going to do the trick and restore Yahoo to it's former glory. Merging with AOL won't do the trick either but it might buy them time and at least they would still be the boss. Unfortunately they are thinking for themselves and not their shareholders. Why is Yahoo in trouble to begin with? They have become too large and lost their agility which is what it takes to succeed in the space they are in. Management knows this and realize that getting married to Microsoft, an even less agile company, is not going to do the trick and restore Yahoo to it’s former glory. Merging with AOL won’t do the trick either but it might buy them time and at least they would still be the boss. Unfortunately they are thinking for themselves and not their shareholders.

]]> By: James http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165311 James Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:23:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165311 AOL's value isn't in content. AOL's value is in the ad companies it owns - some of which Yahoo has gaps in. AOL’s value isn’t in content. AOL’s value is in the ad companies it owns - some of which Yahoo has gaps in.

]]> By: Sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165282 Sean Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:51:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165282 Yahoo finally gives up... this deal seems to be inevitable Yahoo finally gives up…
this deal seems to be inevitable

]]> By: Online biz guy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165223 Online biz guy Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:59:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165223 If Yahoo decides to merge with AOL, I'm definitely shorting their stocks, it just brings back memories from AOL merger with Time Warner. For years, the Time Warner execs have been trying to get rid of this money pit to no avail and what better ways to get rid of their problem by leeching off Yahoo assets. www.feedbacksecrets.com If Yahoo decides to merge with AOL, I’m definitely shorting their stocks, it just brings back memories from AOL merger with Time Warner. For years, the Time Warner execs have been trying to get rid of this money pit to no avail and what better ways to get rid of their problem by leeching off Yahoo assets.

http://www.feedbacksecrets.com

]]> By: RR http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165215 RR Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:39:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165215 aol has nothing that yahoo doesnt have and would nothing without its except its high-flying AIM, that really is the only benefit of the merger. Other than that AOL deal is pretty much junk compared to what a ms-yahoo synergy. I would be all for a three way deal of ms-yahoo-aol if it doesnt take a toll on financial aspects of ms, though this would be a long shot by all means. aol has nothing that yahoo doesnt have and would nothing without its except its high-flying AIM, that really is the only benefit of the merger. Other than that AOL deal is pretty much junk compared to what a ms-yahoo synergy. I would be all for a three way deal of ms-yahoo-aol if it doesnt take a toll on financial aspects of ms, though this would be a long shot by all means.

]]> By: Vinay http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165213 Vinay Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165213 I wonder the Game finishes !! Too boring....!!! I wonder the Game finishes !! Too boring….!!!

]]> By: Jason Jenkins http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165185 Jason Jenkins Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:42:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/yahoo-fence-sitting-will-meet-with-microsoft-and-aol-next-week/#comment-2165185 content is the ultimate goal here... AOL has the content Jerry!! content is the ultimate goal here… AOL has the content Jerry!!

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