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  • February 1, 2008 at 5:24 AM #11684
    Coronita
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    Well, looks like Yahoo has a savior after all. Microsoft just announced they are offering 45 billion for Yahoo.

    This will be an interesting cultural clash… You have Yahoo which is traditionally a BSD/PHP shop that will be bought by Microsoft. That will be very interesting. I think some (a lot) of heads are going to roll. Seems like the bid is unsolicited, and given that Yang had previously announced that it was not open to merger with MSFT, that would be interesting. I wonder now with Yahoo slumping if Yang still feels strongly about this…or if ends up being a hostile takeover.

    But Microsoft….Thank you…Thank you…Thank you…Now I can actually unload my previously  ESPP shares and stock options that I mistakenly converted to then worthless shares.  

     

    February 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM #146577
    anxvariety
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    I think it’s a good buy. Googles advertising revenue is much stronger, but they also got alot of free hype in the media over the last many years. Not that Yahoo didn’t, but Google became the love affair for everyone and media.

    Yahoo has alot more to offer(except #1 search engine popularity)that I think as they mature will eventually allow it to surpass Google – especially if MSFT ends up buying it.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM #146860
    anxvariety
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    I think it’s a good buy. Googles advertising revenue is much stronger, but they also got alot of free hype in the media over the last many years. Not that Yahoo didn’t, but Google became the love affair for everyone and media.

    Yahoo has alot more to offer(except #1 search engine popularity)that I think as they mature will eventually allow it to surpass Google – especially if MSFT ends up buying it.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM #146920
    anxvariety
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    I think it’s a good buy. Googles advertising revenue is much stronger, but they also got alot of free hype in the media over the last many years. Not that Yahoo didn’t, but Google became the love affair for everyone and media.

    Yahoo has alot more to offer(except #1 search engine popularity)that I think as they mature will eventually allow it to surpass Google – especially if MSFT ends up buying it.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM #146848
    anxvariety
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    I think it’s a good buy. Googles advertising revenue is much stronger, but they also got alot of free hype in the media over the last many years. Not that Yahoo didn’t, but Google became the love affair for everyone and media.

    Yahoo has alot more to offer(except #1 search engine popularity)that I think as they mature will eventually allow it to surpass Google – especially if MSFT ends up buying it.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM #146821
    anxvariety
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    I think it’s a good buy. Googles advertising revenue is much stronger, but they also got alot of free hype in the media over the last many years. Not that Yahoo didn’t, but Google became the love affair for everyone and media.

    Yahoo has alot more to offer(except #1 search engine popularity)that I think as they mature will eventually allow it to surpass Google – especially if MSFT ends up buying it.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM #146925
    nostradamus
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    No way. Where is yahoo’s “Earth”? Yahoo maps and directions suck compared to Google. The only thing Yahoo has going for it is email and messenger. $45B for an internet email site is insane. My take? Short MSFT. It’s already down 6% today. With xbox losing out to Wii, windows losing out to OSX and redhat, and now this silly move to purchase yahoo, microsoft is going down mega-hard.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM #146826
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    No way. Where is yahoo’s “Earth”? Yahoo maps and directions suck compared to Google. The only thing Yahoo has going for it is email and messenger. $45B for an internet email site is insane. My take? Short MSFT. It’s already down 6% today. With xbox losing out to Wii, windows losing out to OSX and redhat, and now this silly move to purchase yahoo, microsoft is going down mega-hard.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM #146853
    nostradamus
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    No way. Where is yahoo’s “Earth”? Yahoo maps and directions suck compared to Google. The only thing Yahoo has going for it is email and messenger. $45B for an internet email site is insane. My take? Short MSFT. It’s already down 6% today. With xbox losing out to Wii, windows losing out to OSX and redhat, and now this silly move to purchase yahoo, microsoft is going down mega-hard.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM #146582
    nostradamus
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    No way. Where is yahoo’s “Earth”? Yahoo maps and directions suck compared to Google. The only thing Yahoo has going for it is email and messenger. $45B for an internet email site is insane. My take? Short MSFT. It’s already down 6% today. With xbox losing out to Wii, windows losing out to OSX and redhat, and now this silly move to purchase yahoo, microsoft is going down mega-hard.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM #146864
    nostradamus
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    No way. Where is yahoo’s “Earth”? Yahoo maps and directions suck compared to Google. The only thing Yahoo has going for it is email and messenger. $45B for an internet email site is insane. My take? Short MSFT. It’s already down 6% today. With xbox losing out to Wii, windows losing out to OSX and redhat, and now this silly move to purchase yahoo, microsoft is going down mega-hard.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:55 AM #146935
    an
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    There’s much more to Yahoo than just email and messenger. Their finance section is still one of the best. Also, people stay in yahoo pages much longer than most. MSFT doesn’t need an Earth version from Yahoo, they already have a kick a$$ version of their own. Yahoo still have 22+% market share in search, so if MSFT want to go head to head w/ GOOG, they have to get at least closer than where they are now. 9% is where they are at now + 22% from YHOO and you have 31%, much closer to GOOG 50+% than where they are now.

    Regards to XBOX, it’s doing just fine. Wii is in a completely different target than XBOX. The one XBOX needs to keep an eye out for is PS3. Wii is for cheap game play that can just have some fun at party. XBOX and PS3 is all about high-def, online game play, and media extender. Windows is losing out to OSX and Linux? Last I check, Windows is still the king of OS, like it or not.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:55 AM #146836
    an
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    There’s much more to Yahoo than just email and messenger. Their finance section is still one of the best. Also, people stay in yahoo pages much longer than most. MSFT doesn’t need an Earth version from Yahoo, they already have a kick a$$ version of their own. Yahoo still have 22+% market share in search, so if MSFT want to go head to head w/ GOOG, they have to get at least closer than where they are now. 9% is where they are at now + 22% from YHOO and you have 31%, much closer to GOOG 50+% than where they are now.

    Regards to XBOX, it’s doing just fine. Wii is in a completely different target than XBOX. The one XBOX needs to keep an eye out for is PS3. Wii is for cheap game play that can just have some fun at party. XBOX and PS3 is all about high-def, online game play, and media extender. Windows is losing out to OSX and Linux? Last I check, Windows is still the king of OS, like it or not.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:55 AM #146592
    an
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    There’s much more to Yahoo than just email and messenger. Their finance section is still one of the best. Also, people stay in yahoo pages much longer than most. MSFT doesn’t need an Earth version from Yahoo, they already have a kick a$$ version of their own. Yahoo still have 22+% market share in search, so if MSFT want to go head to head w/ GOOG, they have to get at least closer than where they are now. 9% is where they are at now + 22% from YHOO and you have 31%, much closer to GOOG 50+% than where they are now.

    Regards to XBOX, it’s doing just fine. Wii is in a completely different target than XBOX. The one XBOX needs to keep an eye out for is PS3. Wii is for cheap game play that can just have some fun at party. XBOX and PS3 is all about high-def, online game play, and media extender. Windows is losing out to OSX and Linux? Last I check, Windows is still the king of OS, like it or not.

    February 1, 2008 at 10:55 AM #146862
    an
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    There’s much more to Yahoo than just email and messenger. Their finance section is still one of the best. Also, people stay in yahoo pages much longer than most. MSFT doesn’t need an Earth version from Yahoo, they already have a kick a$$ version of their own. Yahoo still have 22+% market share in search, so if MSFT want to go head to head w/ GOOG, they have to get at least closer than where they are now. 9% is where they are at now + 22% from YHOO and you have 31%, much closer to GOOG 50+% than where they are now.

    Regards to XBOX, it’s doing just fine. Wii is in a completely different target than XBOX. The one XBOX needs to keep an eye out for is PS3. Wii is for cheap game play that can just have some fun at party. XBOX and PS3 is all about high-def, online game play, and media extender. Windows is losing out to OSX and Linux? Last I check, Windows is still the king of OS, like it or not.

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