Comments on: Microsoft offers $44.6 Billion for Yahoo

By: JimS

JimS — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:42:00 +0000

Damn, I just read John’s newest Market Watch column, and as usual, he’s way ahead of me.

By: JimS

JimS — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:27:28 +0000

Is this Ballmer taking one for the team? After Gates leaves, Ballmer buys Yahoo, a move that over the following two years, tanks Microsoft share value. And like John says, Gates returns to save the company ala’ Jobs.

By: Todd Henkel

Todd Henkel — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:02:56 +0000

#2 – AT&T is never happy with any partner…

#15 – Interesting concept – if nothing else to drive up the bid.

BTW, what is Yahoo’s core business supposed to be? Really thought it was to be everything on the web. Yes, yes I know it was search and then a portal. They were supposed to stay in that box?

By: Eideard

Eideard — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:50:45 +0000

In a brief discussion away from the site, KB made a cogent point [I think]: one sort of site that Yahoo failed with was an auction site – something that I think MSoft might get right.

Given the turmoil currently afflicting eBay, it might be a competitive opportunity.

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:19:21 +0000

“How is an acquisition really expected to help?”

It won’t, but absorbing the competition is what M$ does best

By: Esteban

Esteban — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:50:17 +0000

Google must be loving this. (Sarcasm not intended.)

By: gregallen

gregallen — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:11 +0000

Yahoo will be ruined if it becomes like Microsoft.

But if Microsoft starts being more like Yahoo, it would be a good thing.

By: KwadGuy

KwadGuy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:28:01 +0000

I think this deal is gonna yield a powerhouse combined entity on par with Unisys (Remember? “The Power of 2″?) I don’t see the synergies, and this is an awful large price to pay for a (lame) defensive move. Microsoft should take a small fraction of that money and put it in the hands of a sharp cutting-edge VC unit that could seed and profit from the next big things.

Here, you’re paying for a mature company that, as far as I can see, doesn’t offer all that many synergies.

Probably not as dumb as AOL-Time Warner, but hardly smart.

By: James Hill

James Hill — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:44:21 +0000

And yet, it just doesn’t matter. We’re in an Apple and Google world kids, everyone else watches and follows.

This may make the top ten stories of the year, but won’t be number one.

By: triplight

triplight — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:41:05 +0000

I feel a great disturbance in the force…

Time to close my Flickr account before my family vacation photos start turning up unexpectedly on Expedia ads.

By: Pinus57

Pinus57 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:18:48 +0000

I am concerned about what may happen to yahoo owned services such as Flickr and del.icio.us Won’t Microsoft make them less convenient and easy to use. Their track record with their own services isn’t good.

By: GigG

GigG — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:14:54 +0000

The market seems to thing it is a good deal for Yahoo and not so much for MS and Google.

Yahoo
28.57 +9.39 (48.97%) Feb 1 9:56am ET

MS
31.16 -1.44 (-4.42%) Feb 1 9:58am ET

Google
519.52 -44.78 (-7.94%) Feb 1 9:59am ET

By: chris b

chris b — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:03:00 +0000

Does anyone think Google might say “eff you” and put in a counteroffer? I don’t think so personally, though that could be interesting.

By: Improbus

Improbus — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:37:10 +0000

Microsoft == Britney.

Now, sit down with some pop corn and watch the train wreck.

By: The Monster's Lawyer

The Monster's Lawyer — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:36:07 +0000

Yahoo had sold it sole to the devil and let Google take the market share a long time ago. This is a natural progression for a soulless entity to be body-snatched by the grim reaper. Toodle-oo Yahoo ye wont be missed. I for one welcome the new MicroSpyware on Vista II.