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By: Alfabetic » Blog Archive » Nueva Oferta de Microsoft, Rechazada Rápidamente

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:31:53 +0000

[...] Yahoo la rechazó, diciendo que el negocio de búsqueda de Google que han firmado es un mejor negocio y añadiendo que el requerimiento para reemplazar la junta directiva y el equipo ejecutivo es “absurdo e irresponsable dado la complejidad de la negociación”. Nosotros, por cierto, estamos de acuerdo en ambos puntos. [...]

By: a knowledgable person

a knowledgable person — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:32:35 +0000

Guys, you just don’t get it:

1. Everyone talks about this severance package. You obviously don’t have the facts:
A) The employees can’t just leave. All it does it give them a good severance if the wackos at MSFT or Icahn, Inc. decide that they want mass layoffs. THAT’S IT.
B) It can’t be removed. The terms of the agreement specifically state that it can’t be removed while Y is in play. Deal is done, it can’t be changed, but it doesn’t matter anyway.

2. I understand that you all must have bought Y and now the price went down and I sympathize. But, what you don’t understand is that it will KILL the company. No one wants to work with MSFT people or products and all this deal does is strengthen the Big G.

The employees are laughing because they’re short selling their own stock because you idiots are so influenced by whatever rumors you here. After 8/1 it will go down again to 19 because of you idiots and I’ll be ready to buy. Once you see what is about to be released by Y you’ll go and buy again. Who benefits? Me. Thanks.

By: Gerald Williams

Gerald Williams — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:18:14 +0000

Carl Icahn isn’t the slightest interested in the shareholder’s value. He just wants to cash in. If he takes over the board very bad deals will be made with MS. Yahoo search will be part of MS. Yahoo will disappear. Who will benefit from it? Just Icahn and MS.

By: Gerald Williams

Gerald Williams — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:05:26 +0000

History repeats itself. The same thing happened to TWA. While he made a fortune he crippled and destroyed TWA.
Wiki : ‘Under Icahn’s direction, many of its most profitable assets were sold to competitors, much to the detriment of TWA. Icahn also moved the company’s headquarters from New York City to his hometown, Mt. Kisco, New York. Icahn was eventually ousted in 1993, though not before the airline was forced to file for bankruptcy in 1992. Icahn emerged unscathed.’

http://www.democraticundergrou.....15;2982035

By: New Microsoft Offer, Quickly Rejected

New Microsoft Offer, Quickly Rejected — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:35:04 +0000

[...] Yahoo rejected it, saying that the Google search deal they’ve signed is a better deal and adding that the requirement to replace the board and executive team is “absurd and irresponsible given the complexity of the deal.” We, by the way, agree with both points. [...]

By: Google Lover

Google Lover — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:50:42 +0000

will yahoo and msn combindly beat google, i dont think so, and if they both merge, yahoo brand name might be fall, and google will rock more in search world

By: pctech

pctech — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:18:57 +0000

First time I have read michael arrington, probably the last… insider information is usually wrong or misinformation. No matter what the discussions , meetings or offers that are being thrown around, you have no clue unless you are part of them, which I am presume you are not. Bottom line is Yahoo has been taken down the .com road by its board of directors and left to fend, or die on its own, all the while fat cats still get fatter. Google is the unruly child demanding that everyone pay attention or else, well its time for a good old fashion spanking.

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By: studimaus

studimaus — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:22:11 +0000

No, I don’t see Yahoo! waiting at the altar. But Icahn tries to drag Yahoo! there.

the ones that are the death of Yahoo! are Microsoft and Icahn.

And this time agree with you. It’s no longer just about business, it’s about destroying and humiliating Yahoo!.

And I still think Microsoft buying Yahoo! would do more harm to the search business industry. Microsoft will never know how to profit from buying Yahoo!

By: Infotron » Blog Archive » Legg Mason’s Miller to Icahn: Put Up, Or Shut Up

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:59:55 +0000

[...] Crawford has reportedly threatened Yahoo that he might throw his support behind Icahn, although he hasn’t done it yet. And that was before Icahn’s Gossip Girl pact with Steve Ballmer to jointly destroy Yahoo. [...]

By: TJGodel

TJGodel — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:53:24 +0000

Same old Microsoft. Mean spirited and just plain nasty. It’s not Michael is right it’s not about business. When Microsoft does acquire it will have lost and so will Yahoo and Microsoft shareholders. Shareholders of Yahoo will let lawsuits fly.

By: Detox

Detox — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:37:07 +0000

Some competition is good….

By: AP

AP — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:30:06 +0000

This is getting very personal. Google might have the last laugh.

By: Hartpublishing

Hartpublishing — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:44:12 +0000

I do like the idea of the merger. But it getting to be like bullying amond school kids.

By: Alec

Alec — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:33:29 +0000

Michael, where is the logic of destroying something MS wishes to buy

I have never heard so much twaddle in all my life!

“Let’s go out and buy Yahoo for 30-40Billion, oh and by the way lets drag their value down as far as we can before we do that ! ”

What nonsense, it’s amazing!

Whilst they may (or may not) have taken the rebuff personally (I wouldn’t know and doubt you would either) what you suggest has no foundation in fact or logic.

By: Geek And Poke

Geek And Poke — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:26:49 +0000

Some Things Never Change…

New post on TechCrunch and ZDNet about the never ending story. Download ms-yahoo-2050.comicdoc…

By: Riprap

Riprap — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:20:56 +0000

“I won’t stand by quietly while Microsoft destroys what’s left of Yahoo just because it can.”

But that is exactly what Microsoft does.

By: 52.co.nz

52.co.nz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:52:46 +0000

Microsoft Crosses A Line…

Until today I’ve largely been a big supporter of Microsoft’s efforts to acquire Yahoo. A couple of days before Microsoft placed its initial $44.6 billion bid for the company, I told Fox Business Channel that a Microsoft merger had to happen to save…

By: Gramer Nazee

Gramer Nazee — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:28:57 +0000

The Pageman is right:

s/alter/altar/

By: My Blog Posts

My Blog Posts — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:31:19 +0000

Microsoft gets support from unexpected quarters…

Microsoft is getting support from ….. (You will never be able to guess)
“Just as I criticized Yahoo for not quickly accepting Microsoft’s offer in early February before the mass executive exodus and destruction of shareholder value, I now…

By: N. Venkatraman

N. Venkatraman — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:48:57 +0000

I have never been a supporter of Microsoft buying Yahoo–despite the arguments that we need a healthy competitive market for online advertising. It’s because Microsoft has many other uses for its $40 + billion. Its core business is weak and it can use the money to shore up its position in Enterprise, Mobile and Videogames. But, its obsession with Google is driving its behavior. And Ballmer joining Icahn is another indication of its Google obsession. Ballmer may still get Yahoo (minus its current management team and smart Engineers who have bolted already). Whether that would be enough for them to win against Google is a different story. We are in a deal-crazy world and history is often easily forgotten (remember AOL-TimeWarner? Daimler-Chrysler?). Post-merger integration and value creation are problematic. And, here Microsoft is truly crossing a line of its historical competencies.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:30:17 +0000

For Steve Ballmer it was always a personal ego thing to buy Yahoo!. He must already feel massively embarrassed to loose so much to Google. This guy is dangerous.

By: luke

luke — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:01:41 +0000

MSFT have played the game brilliantly.
I can’t stand Icann and how he goes about his ‘business’ though..he’s the worst kind of locust as the Germans would say
However, the acqusition is probably best to keep balance with big G

By: EH

EH — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:55:28 +0000

I still haven’t seen anybody ever provide an example of a significant acquisition by MSFT that has improved the offerings of that company.