Microsoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo

[nileshgr]

well in my opinion, yahoo should reject this offer, as there is no need for yahoo to give away, they are pretty sucessfull

@unknown : are you speaking on facts or is it only air... , M$ can't be bought by FOSS or anything man .. keep it to facts dude.. present something that supports your claim

It is true that FOSS can't do that coz M$ won't agree !!! but if M$ does then i think FOSS can. But simply saying FOSS has no necessity to buy M$. FOSS is getting popular in its own way !!

 

[vaithy]

In a three way race M$is facing difficulty to win over google.. So the buyout of yahoo will helpit to merge its resources with msn latter bury the Yahoo's skeleton under Redmond's corridor.. msn Vs google final will be thrilling!!watchout folks!!
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vaithy

 

[iMav]

Microsoft's big Yahoo bid: Wall Street reacts

We are not very positive on the deal. It's a lot of money. They're eager to grow their business, and this is what is prompting this acquisition. Yahoo in itself is a dying franchise and I don't know if buying Yahoo is going to solve the problem that both of them have, which is more monetization of their traffic vs. wanting more traffic.

One of the biggest challenges facing MSN and potentially Yahoo! is the lack of scale in terms of search traffic compared to Google. We believe that a potential combination between the two companies could solve this issue and close the gap with Google from a search inventory and advertiser perspective. On a global basis, MSN/Yahoo! could reach approximately 600M unique users and have approximately 28.3% of all searches. Further, we believe the increased scale of the combined search entity would lead to improved monetization due to a number of advertisers, which positively impact coverage, click-through rates, and pricing.

Yahoo!'s Board has rejected prior offers, but this time could be different. Yahoo! is in the midst of a major transition as it hustles to create a substantial ad-serving and targeting platform that integrates both search and branded advertising. It faces several headwinds as it pursues this as a standalone company, namely a weakening economy and a CTO shift. At the same time, its window of opportunity has shrunk as Google's pending acquisition of DoubleClick is about to raise the competition for a consolidated brand-search offering. Thus, the imperative has grown and Yahoo!'s Board may be more likely to accept this offer.

For Microsoft or any other company seeking to gain scale in Internet advertising, Yahoo! is an obvious strategic choice given its position as one of the top 3 Web properties worldwide. Yahoo!'s increasing challenge over the past few years has been losing market share to Google in search and market share to social networks.

 

[techtronic]

For your info Digitians, its not only Microsoft that always cuts and clears its opponents all the way. A classic example for this should be Symantec's acquisition of a company called Binary Research which was the original creator of the GHOST (General Hardware Oriented System Transfer) program since Symantec were unable to create a better product than what BR was doing.

 

[vaithy]

Steve Ballmer is a good manipulator when dealing with the rivals.. However he has put his foot in his mouth.. by complaining google's takeover bid of doubleclick to Europeaon Commission as well as the US justice Department.. Now M$ is facing the same antitrust charge if it go over Yahoo's bid...Now Yahoo is becoming a death Albatross hung on its neck...(I forget the title of the poem that I read in my school days)..

vaithy

 

[vaibhavtek]

I got this info today in Telegraph paper.

I think if Microsoft buy Yahoo (Yacrosoft) , then he easily beat Google.

 

[amol48]

Yahoo has Straight 8 quarters loss !! They must be really thinking hard on this offer. After this offer, Yahoo share are reportedly rose by about 16% and Microsoft's fell about 1.5%.

Source: DNA Newspaper (sorry no link found)

 

[Indyan]

If this happens it will be great! Finally google will have a serious challenger in the web arena.
It has been proposed many times and such romours have been doing the rounds for years (latest being bout 8 months back), but this is the first time MS is officially making a move.

 

[nvidia]

Google still rocks... I dont think anybody can beat it....

 

[iMav]

For your info Digitians, its not only Microsoft that always cuts and clears its opponents all the way. A classic example for this should be Symantec's acquisition of a company called Binary Research which was the original creator of the GHOST (General Hardware Oriented System Transfer) program since Symantec were unable to create a better product than what BR was doing.

in teh corporate world every1 does it ... acquisitions/consolidations/mergers are a big part of business expantion every1 does it yahoo itself has bought a couple of companies to reach where it is

Steve Ballmer is a good manipulator when dealing with the rivals.. However he has put his foot in his mouth.. by complaining google's takeover bid of doubleclick to Europeaon Commission as well as the US justice Department.. Now M$ is facing the same antitrust charge if it go over Yahoo's bid...Now Yahoo is becoming a death Albatross hung on its neck...(I forget the title of the poem that I read in my school days)..

vaithy

the abbot of abebrothok (i dont remember the spellings); the anti-trusts are part and parcel of the game pretty much like acquisitions and filing anti-trusts is very common

Yahoo has Straight 8 quarters loss !! They must be really thinking hard on this offer. After this offer, Yahoo share are reportedly rose by about 16% and Microsoft's fell about 1.5%.

Source: DNA Newspaper (sorry no link found)

contrary to popular belief yahoo is in a complete mess

 

[amol48]

contrary to popular belief yahoo is in a complete mess

You are supporting my point or opposing ? coz i too mean the same thing as you told... yahoo is in a mess !!

 

[vaithy]

the abbot of abebrothok (i dont remember the spellings);

well that was in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by the Poet Coleridge.. I feel very sorry for the Poor sailor... Now I am feeling same for Ballmer (M$ investors are already up against this deal)

Source:
*www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akEr_1W8CZxU&refer=home

 

[ImAClown]

who cares.... I know the chairman of yahoo personally.. He said he'll be rejecting the offer and will ask billy whether google can take over MS... He is quoting 33222$ to buy M$...

 

[nvidia]

who cares.... I know the chairman of yahoo personally.. He said he'll be rejecting the offer and will ask billy whether google can take over MS... He is quoting 33222$ to buy M$...

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[utsav]

My net became very slow .DAMN!

and microsoft is too rich to handle

 

[nileshgr]

Google still rocks... I dont think anybody can beat it....

True

Steve Ballmer is a good manipulator when dealing with the rivals.. However he has put his foot in his mouth.. by complaining google's takeover bid of doubleclick to Europeaon Commission as well as the US justice Department.. Now M$ is facing the same antitrust charge if it go over Yahoo's bid...Now Yahoo is becoming a death Albatross hung on its neck...(I forget the title of the poem that I read in my school days)..

vaithy

Poem Name- Rime of the Ancient Mariner

We have it now (in 10th).

 

[amol48]

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well i think his Username perfectly matches with his post. "I Am a Clown"

 

[blackpearl]

Microsoft makes much more than yahoo and Google combined

*www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/msftyhoo-table.png

 

[nvidia]

^^Whats Head Count?
Number of people working?

 

[vaithy]

True



Poem Name- Rime of the Ancient Mariner

We have it now (in 10th).

Thanks, but I got faster than you see #32

Vaithy