Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 266 Location: In one of the New England States
04 Feb 2008, 3:46 pm
Microsoft will buy yahoo because they are afraid of Google. just like they went out and bought rare. Rare was a company that made video games for nintendo.
If they buy Yahoo i wont use Yahoo anymore because i refuse to use microsoft products.
Joined: 5 Oct 2007 Age: 57 Gender: Male Posts: 4,009 Location: Sydney, Australia
04 Feb 2008, 4:58 pm
Google's responses to this have been pretty funny.
1. We'll help Yahoo financially to escape MS
2. We'll provide Long-term financial support to Yahoo IF they outsource their searching to us
3. We'll counter-bid - not because we have any chance (illegal) but to push the share prices up.
Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Age: 50 Gender: Male Posts: 38 Location: Paris
04 Feb 2008, 7:29 pm
I don't think it's a good idea for Microsoft to buy Yahoo.
I find quality of Yahoo products to not be very good. They want to do everything and they are always behind a site that focuses on one topic.
Anyway, I think microsoft is just a nuisance to software industry. The fact that they think they have to buy Yahoo shows how much they are afraid of Google.