Yahoo, Microsoft Back At The Table
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Yahoo, Microsoft Back At The Table
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Re: Yahoo, Microsoft Back At The Table
#2oh! this is going to be interesting !!! it will create a clear 3 way fight (yahoo, google and MS) with fair chances and platform to everyone ... on the other side it could also be a tactic by yahoo to divert the shareholder's attention so that any attack on their board thru proxy war can be eliminated. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A FUN !!! (smart one though)
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#3It's like a race where one guy is ahead and the number two and three stop and have a fistfight, each thinking they'll win the race if they knock out the other.
Both these CEOs are dead. The only life left in them is the natural processes that result in shutting down and turning into fossils. Vista was like when a person dies and shits their pants, and this yahoo takeover is like the aggressive erection the embalmer has to deal with before they can replace the blood with embalming fluid, show the body off one more time, and put it in the ground..
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#4Microsoft is acting like a desperate & spurned lover, Yahoo like the 30+ year old former HS cheerleader who thinks she still has what the boys want.
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#5It's like a race where one guy is ahead and the number two and three stop and have a fistfight, each thinking they'll win the race if they knock out the other. Both these CEOs are dead. The only life left in them is the natural processes that result in shutting down and turning into fossils. Vista was like when a person dies and shits their pants, and this yahoo takeover is like the aggressive erection the embalmer h…
It's like a race where one guy is ahead and the number two and three stop and have a fistfight, each thinking they'll win the race if they knock out the other.
Interesting analogy. Are there any cases of #2 and #3 in an industry merging and taking over from the #1?
I can't think of any offhand.
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#6It's like a race where one guy is ahead and the number two and three stop and have a fistfight, each thinking they'll win the race if they knock out the other. Both these CEOs are dead. The only life left in them is the natural processes that result in shutting down and turning into fossils. Vista was like when a person dies and shits their pants, and this yahoo takeover is like the aggressive erection the embalmer h…
It's like a race where one guy is ahead and the number two and three stop and have a fistfight, each thinking they'll win the race if they knock out the other. Interesting analogy. Are there any cases of #2 and #3 in an industry merging and taking over from the #1? I can't think of any offhand.
I guess I should of said "the number 3 guy thinking he can win" instead of each of them (yahoo doesn't want this fight).
I can't think of any, but I would imagine there are cases. There is no way this hybrid frakenstein beast would be one of them though.
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#7I don't understand why Microsoft has to acquire yahoo. Most acquisitions are pretty disastrous in terms of clashing company cultures, new power struggles, and the best people of the acquired entity leaving.
The main argument for this acquisition seems to be "to compete with google", which further seems to boil down to "to compete with adsense".
Why then can't MS and yahoo just do a joint venture ad network to compete with adsense instead of MS trying to swallow yahoo whole?
My only "answer" is that MS a) has too much cash they need to get rid of (fast?), and b) doesn't realize that some people find them as repugnant as the proverbial creepy child-molesting uncle.
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#8I don't understand why Microsoft has to acquire yahoo. Most acquisitions are pretty disastrous in terms of clashing company cultures, new power struggles, and the best people of the acquired entity leaving. The main argument for this acquisition seems to be "to compete with google", which further seems to boil down to "to compete with adsense". Why then can't MS and yahoo just do a joint venture ad network to compete…
well, this speaks directly towards the point you made about corporate culture clash, but Microsoft's culture places a lot of value on control, so it might not really be an option for them to put a deal in place withou control over it, and since Yahoo would be unlikely to agree to such a thing, acquisition is the only option in their eyes.
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Re: Yahoo, Microsoft Back At The Table
#10I don't understand why Microsoft has to acquire yahoo. Most acquisitions are pretty disastrous in terms of clashing company cultures, new power struggles, and the best people of the acquired entity leaving. The main argument for this acquisition seems to be "to compete with google", which further seems to boil down to "to compete with adsense". Why then can't MS and yahoo just do a joint venture ad network to compete…
Ding!
Bill could hang out on the sidewalk in front of Yahoo and hand out a billion bucks (total) in hiring bonuses to people who know how to spell "Java," and it'd be far, far cheaper.