Comments on: Microsoft Really, Really Wants to Buy Yahoo

By: Stan Schroeder

Stan Schroeder — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:05:36 +0000

Well, I can add that I don’t believe in big companies. They’re slow and inert most of the time. Online business is moving too fast, joining two behemoth into one is not a good idea. Some smaller business will always go all disruptive on you. Perhaps YHOO/MSFT won’t challenge GOOG, but some smaller company will, in due time.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:29:00 +0000

I think Yahoo will inevitably be touched by Microsoft’s ‘opposite of the Midas touch.’ We’ve just got Office 2007 at work and it’s amazing how frought with inconsistencies and annoyances it is. Microsoft can get away with this sort of clumsiness on a product people buy, but it just doesn’t cut it with the flighty behaviour of people online.

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By: Ehren Cheung

Ehren Cheung — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:14:55 +0000

I think Yahoo has a chance to compete against Google if left alone — but if purchased by Microsoft, I think there’d be way too much restructuring and reorganization to kickstart the innovation at Yahoo. One thing that sticks in my mind will be how Flickr may fair…

By: matt

matt — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:21:57 +0000

I another web company busted by micro$oft. It’s will be the end of all the yahoo service, it’s the service don’t pay well, it’s will be cut. That’s $$$ vision of micro$oft.

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