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Posted by plang401 at 2/9/08 3:26 p.m.

I don't get it anyway. If MS threw 40B at search i'm sure they could do something better than anything Yahoo has anyway and besides that, Yahoo users will use whatever the best avail search engine is anyway so not sure what they're really trying to buy. I'd let Yahoo fall down the tubes like their going to anyway. Then i'd re-engineer and rename LiveSearch with 20B if it take sthat and not have to take on debt.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 3:34 p.m.

Both Microsoft and Yahoo have inferior search engines compared to Google. Especially Microsoft.

With MS at the helm, the potential merger is going to create a bigger, inferior company to Google, compared to two smaller, inferior companies. What's the point?

Posted by AlbertCamus at 2/9/08 3:39 p.m.

It's not just the 40+ billion that MS is willing to pay for YHOO, it's also the countless billions spent on MSN up until now trying to get a web presence.
MSFT should go in for an alliance with YHOO rather than trying to buy them outright. I bet the really good engineers at YHOO will jump ship & join either GOOG or startups than move to the "Evergrey State."
MSFT seems to be bereft of creative ideas and, like a drunken sailor, keeps throwing money to buy pleasure.

Posted by AlbertCamus at 2/9/08 3:41 p.m.

I prefer YHOO search to GOOG search.
YHOO gives fewer, but more relevant results. I don't want to search the universe looking for the right match. Yahoo does a better job at filtering than google does.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 4:45 p.m.

To Unregistered User:
A study was done that shows Live Search came up with at least as relevant results as Google, and better than Yahoo's.
I, personally think MSN is a pretty big name...it's one that everyone knows. The reason Live Search isn't going beyong the 9% market share, or 8.7, etc. that they have, is that nobody knows what Live is...
Buying Yahoo is for the name, not neccesarily a good search engine.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 4:50 p.m.

As a YHOO shareholder, I would be upset if yahoo didn't at least TRY to coax more money out of the acquirer. This news surprises absolutely no one, including MSFT.

Posted by Nebula36 at 2/9/08 5:32 p.m.

I still think this attempt to buy Yahoo! is misguided.

What could Microsoft gain that they can't build themselves? Seems pretty stupid to spend that much money on the deal to me.

Even more stupid if they up the offer.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 7:38 p.m.

Microsoft is already paying to much for yahoo, yahoo continue's to lose money all the time. i say let yahoo fail then buy them dirt cheap then yahoo will kick them self for not takeing microsoft bid of 44 bil

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 9:05 p.m.

YHOO is nothing more than a one trick pony and that trick is wearing thin. With economic recession/depression on the horizon, YHOO is on course to hit $10 (probably less). Better to wait and pick it up really cheap. All these stocks are in post 2000 mini-bubble. GOOG is coming back down to earth with much more room on the downside. Save your pennies and get ready to buy 80% lower from these inflated levels - better to be rich than premature.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 10:04 p.m.

Everything so far is all about the shareholders. What about the actual users? MSN users have continually migrated to Yahoo in droves when Microsoft closed down chat services, adult interest groups, social networking, etc. Hotmail/Live mail is bug-ridden and slow compared to Yahoo mail.

Now Microsoft wants to "merge" with Yahoo and most likely destroy what's left of it so M$ can simply eliminate competition. Yahoo users have left and avoided Microsoft offerings like the plague, and with good reason. If this "merger" happens, you can bet that Yahoo users will leave by the thousands.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/9/08 11:35 p.m.

So many people only know the Internet in a post-Google era. I have been using the Internet since the birth of search engines in 1993 with Lycos, Web Crawler...later Alta Vista and Yahoo.

The search engine isn't something like an operating system you install or a car you buy...all it takes is all of 5 seconds to decide to use another one. As long as "Microhoo" combined efforts make a better search engine, people WILL use it instead.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/10/08 8:11 a.m.

the big problem microsoft has with search is branding. msn? live? live search? whatever it is no one can remember it - especially against the very for search & find - google. so even if studies were done showing relevance was high - it matters not.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/10/08 8:13 a.m.

previous post typo - especially against the VERB for search & find - goolgle

Posted by unregistered user at 2/10/08 2:24 p.m.

MSFT better off buying local internet king MCHX.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/10/08 2:47 p.m.

I really don't think of Yahoo as a search platform, does any one else? I view them as a content portal akin to the old AOL.

Posted by brubber at 2/10/08 8:26 p.m.

MSFT is scared of:

1) the internet becoming a utility where people connect to the internet for all of their software...no pc or os needed. How will they make money in the future?

2) they haven't figured out how to beat google at search, ad revenue, etc...now they are making a desparate attempt to "buy" search marketshare by acquiring YHOO. Yes it is expensive, but they are desparate.

3) their own shareholders...their stock has been stagnet for the last 3 years, they are hoping that acquiring YHOO will make Wall Street happy.

Good Luck...

Posted by unregistered user at 2/16/08 10:58 p.m.

Did anyone consider the possibility that MSFT's "undervalued" offer for YHOO is a strategic move to further devalue the company? YHOO were on their uppers when Ballmer asked them out on a date and if their refusal is not met with a higher offer then maybe that will be a critical blow to them that they just won't recover from and then MSFT could come and mop up a flailing, devalued company with the pocket change from one of Ballmer's suit pockets.