Tag: yahoo
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Microsoft/Yahoo! roundup
Note: this thread summarizes what others are thinking, and my reactions. My opinion on the potential acquisition is here — and along with many others’, on MiniMSFT. Andy Borowitz has the biggest news: Obama to buy Yahoo! Other than that … Microsoft has been fined a record €899 million ($1.4 billion) for defying the EU’s…
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Yahoo!!!! (was Yahoo!?!?!): Why, after further reflection, I think Microsoft’s offer for Yahoo! is a brilliant strategic move
Plunking down $44.6 billion, or whatever the number turns out to be, for “change” and “social software” sends a huge message — although bizarrely enough a lot of Microsoft employees, on MiniMSFT and internal email discussion lists like Litebulb, have managed not to hear it. It’s been several weeks since Microsoft’s unsolicited offer for Yahoo.…