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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: abrader on February 01, 2008, 10:51:32 AM

Title: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: abrader on February 01, 2008, 10:51:32 AM: GOOD TIMES!

LETS ALL GET RICH!
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: ferrarimanf355 on February 01, 2008, 11:51:42 AM: They coulda used the money to buy Sega... :-\
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: T234 on February 01, 2008, 11:55:22 AM: Who in the hell would want to buy sega? Other than myself, you, shinobi, or isamu (ragging on Blade Runner is not the same as Robocop).

HOLD ME SHO NUFF
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 01, 2008, 11:55:31 AM: I wish I could sell out. :(
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: Rman on February 01, 2008, 12:04:02 PM: Should've bought SONY. We would be closer to Dyack's and Jaffe's one console future. LOLZ.
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: Fragamemnon on February 01, 2008, 12:39:17 PM: It's a decent enough buy-MS has the cash on hand and needed to spend it on something, and analysts have been riding their jock for years for the performance of their web portal (MSN) and web search tooling. Buying Yahoo would give MS' web presence a huge shot in the arm, which it arguably needs to stay relevant with google in that arena.
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: abrader on February 01, 2008, 12:53:44 PM: Quote from: Fragamemnon on February 01, 2008, 12:39:17 PM
It's a decent enough buy-MS has the cash on hand and needed to spend it on something, and analysts have been riding their jock for years for the performance of their web portal (MSN) and web search tooling. Buying Yahoo would give MS' web presence a huge shot in the arm, which it arguably needs to stay relevant with google in that arena.

Well spending 700M on TellMe didnt help them strengthen their play for the telecom/IVR space.....

Im not complaining tho....I had points at TellME and I got points at Yahoo!

YAHOO!
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: abrader on February 01, 2008, 12:54:35 PM: Was MSN more of a joke before or after it was rebranded as Windows Live!?
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: TVC15 on February 01, 2008, 01:23:56 PM: Quote from: abrader on February 01, 2008, 12:54:35 PM
Was MSN more of a joke before or after it was rebranded as Windows Live!?

It's a bit better now, but it's not really a night and day difference.

Not like Yahoo is really a brilliant web portal. . .or that web portals are even needed these days. They are dinosaurs now that there are decent search engines, for the most part. I bet this buy is more about Yahoo's experience in the advertising game.
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on February 01, 2008, 01:25:53 PM: I went to CNN to get more info on this, and their top story is about a sexxxy Russian supermodel bodyguard (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/01/russia.killing/index.html) who got killed defending her Porsche.

You wouldn't know there were Democratic debates yesterday, either.
Title: Re: MSFT is gonna buy Yahoo for 60B
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 01, 2008, 01:27:26 PM: Wow, sexy Russian supermodel bodyguard sounds like the best TV show premise ever.