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"We have dedicated considerable time and resources to an analysis of a potential transaction and are confident that the combination will receive all necessary regulatory approvals." Uh, really?
crap... given MS's history with standards, I should switch from yui's css framework to another one if the bid goes through
Think they will move everything to MS servers and re-write in .net?! heh
How could an offer, that is 62% higher then the price at the stockmarket be refused?
So everyone who still holds any given stock thinks that the market price is too low.
Some seemingly minor issues make me wonder how bad a situation Yahoo is in. Google has integrated their messenger into chat well enough that you can search through chats, grouped separately, as well as send messages of either kind to people you have contacted through chat or email. This makes a whole lot of sense, and I would think is relatively easy to accomplish. However, Yahoo's messenger is a bloated spam attract…
I doubt that Yahoo's board and shareholders will accept the deal. It would be a good way for Microsoft to spend some of it's extra cash, though without getting in to regulatory trouble.
Micrahoo? Yahsoft? Yicrosooft? Macroyoft? I'm confused...
And "Flickr (a Microsoft brand)", etc.
It's easy to cheer on Google, as Google as they systematically takes on established vertical markets (to sell advertising) and do fairly well in some of them. Why not root for the underdog, Yahoo + MSFT?
The reason is because Google WAS the underdog. Yahoo and Microsoft were the established giants. After 5 years or so the situation has almost reversed, though, with Google making (and buying) the killer apps and the other two players stuck in a game of follow the leader.
In 2007, Microsoft's net income was: $14 Billion. Yahoo's net income was: $660 Million. Google's net income was: $3 Billion.
The market is reacting very positively: Yahoo is up almost 60% in pre-market trading, at a market cap of $40B (up from $26B at yesterday's close). Microsoft is down 4% however.
The stock market continues to baffle me. Microsoft is offering $31 per share of Yahoo. YHOO is now trading at nearly $31, up from $19 at the close yesterday. Why would anyone pay $31 for a share of Yahoo right now? There are two possible outcomes: 1) the deal goes through, and you get your $31 back either in Microsoft stock or cash. No net gain. 2) The deal doesn't go through and YHOO drops back to around $19, losing…
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Think they will move everything to MS servers and re-write in .net?! heh
Not if they actually care about ROI. They got no benefit other than PR when they moved Hotmail to windows.