Comments on: Dvorak Sez: Microsoft-Yahoo deal will never happen. Huh? It Just Did. No?

By: zybch

zybch — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:14:03 +0000

So, where will John buy a tasty crow to eat??

By: QB

QB — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:46:03 +0000

I stand corrected.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/yahoo-and-future-of-internet.html

By: Hmeyers

Hmeyers — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:16:55 +0000

Microsoft reminds me of IBM in the late 1980s or Ford in the late 1990s.

They are making a ton of money but their future is becoming murkier and it is really not hard to foresee some sort of change that could tank their entire business model [which is a copy of Windows with every computer sold] in the next 10 years.

By: the answer

the answer — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:15:33 +0000

If Microshaft buys yahoo, I’m moving all my information to ask.com I want none of this.

Hooray for the little guy.

By: Lewis Perdue

Lewis Perdue — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:15:46 +0000

Do the math:

1 turkey + 1 turkey = 2 turkeys.

NOT

1 turkey + 1 turkey = 1 eagle.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:41:15 +0000

Having studied EU competition laws in uni I know that we are talking a judgement that prevents mergers from being done if we see dominance of something like 70-80%. I don’t think EU will say anything. Google is dominating in many fields, and EU won’t say no to _more_ competition.

But I must say I agree on the basic concept you provided us with before: I don’t think this is a 1+1=3 kind of deal. I mean Microsoft has lots of engineers sitting around, professors and stuff – why wouldn’t they be capable of doing it before? I think it’s a question of lack of the kind of entreprenurship and leadership that is needed to meet new needs…

By: Mister Apeshit

Mister Apeshit — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:54:20 +0000

Here is a preview of the new MicroHoo web site:
http://www.44billionlater.com/

By: GregA

GregA — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:21:45 +0000

I just want to point out that Microsofts SMB accounting package is MUCH MUCH nicer than the intuits SMB products, and I haven’t seen any market research on it, but I am starting to see Microsofts accounting package all over the place, while at the same time Quickbooks seems to be fading.

So I am guessing, Microsoft already has a plan with regards to what they want to do with the Yahoo brand, it will just take them longer to accomplish it on their own…

Also live search already has more useful results than google and anyone who is relying on Google now days for searches is only getting a partial picture.

On the otherhand, I do love my gmail. I have to wonder why Microsoft has been unable (unwilling?) to make a web enabled email client (as opposed to group ware) as nice as Gmail.

By: JoaoPT

JoaoPT — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:37:48 +0000

Well I know that Google folks are almost having a party now. This would be a blast for them. MicroSoft will destroy Yahoo and clear the way for “world domination”…

By: Vermouth

Vermouth — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:30:11 +0000

I don’t really see how consumers benefit by Yahoo exsisting. I mean as long as their is a choice in search between Google and not google I think less is better. There’s no reason to have dozens of Instant messanger clients and free mail sites and all these things, consolidation provided there is still some competition is for the best.

By: edwinrogers

edwinrogers — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:54:54 +0000

Why innovate when you can asimulate?

By: Judge Jewdy

Judge Jewdy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:30:11 +0000

MicroHoo? More thrashing and grasping after the latest abysmal windows release.

By: ArianeB

ArianeB — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:21:06 +0000

New York Times has an article on the merger indicating this may be a desperate attempt on Microsofts side to stay relevant on the online business side.

“Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo is thus a tacit, and difficult, admission that the company did not get its online business right. The bid also represents a sharp departure from Microsoft’s well-thumbed playbook of building new businesses on its own.”

By: QB

QB — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:36:43 +0000

Just when MS starts to show some promise with solid stuff like .NET 3.x they pull off this idiocy. I have no idea if it’ll get past the regulators but the Yahoo shareholders would go for it.
I would bet Google will pull a fast one and publicly say that this is good for the industry to help with the regulatory bodies. Then Sergei can pull out out his to-do list and check off the “Crush Microsoft” item.

By: James

James — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:36:40 +0000

I think you are wrong, and you are wrong because dispite the anti-competitive behaviour in other sections of the Microsoft business the EU commision can not ignore the fact that Google has no real competitor.

In the face of this how can they stop the only chance of one being produced in the form of a merge of Microsoft and Yahoo’s online businesses, which at this point is the probably the only way you are going to get something that will even get close to even half matching Google’s control.