Che'_Moderator Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18486561/Yahoo the largest website being purchased by MS the largest software publisher. Seems like a bad idea to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyWriter Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 except for a finance.yahoo.com or some mashup's i'm not aware i ever use yahoo anymore. i can't remember to many webface companys that i've appreciated after an acquistion: like cdnow bought by amazon was terrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray850 Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Eh whatever. That's how microsoft rolls. They couldn't get in a position to buy google, so get the next best thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW T5R Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Wow,It will be interesting to see the outcome. Especially since I have stocks in both that are not doing jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelostartof Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 (edited) Wow,It will be interesting to see the outcome. Especially since I have stocks in both that are not doing jack.yahoo's stock went up like $5 yesterday .... big gain from the talks that MS wants to buy them ... more of a merger than a buy out but still Edited May 4, 2007 by thelostartof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximase86 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Definately Microsoft's response to Google's purchase of Doubleclick.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aetherguy881 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 (edited) I just don't want another MSN out there... It's slow and it sucks.Google's the way to go.But Yahoo mail is my primary mail. Also Yahoo is more reliable than MSN on Trillian, the IM program that I use. Edited May 5, 2007 by aetherguy881 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 neither one of my favorite companies so i could care less... gmail and apple are my two... gotta love being able to store 3gigs of files on your email :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aetherguy881 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I just don't keep large files on my email... I've got over 85% of my space left. If I feel like it I can just clean out my inbox. I know I have the time... I spend too much time on my computer... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyROTech Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 neither one of my favorite companies so i could care less... gmail and apple are my two... gotta love being able to store 3gigs of files on your email almost all the free email companies offer atleast a gb of storage these days not to mention local providers do also. The attachment file size for sending and receiving are usually the limiting factor rather than the total space we get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximase86 Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 So instead, they bought aQuantive.I work for aQuantive.lolS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nathan Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 yeah i cant remember the last time i used yahoo and i work with microsoft stuff all the time so im hoping there will be some benefits to it in the long term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1122 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 If they completely wipe yahoo off the face of the earth, I'd say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c70turbo5 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 buying yahoo is a conservative yet strong addition to microsoft. both names are well known and microsoft has to do big headliner things to positivly influence thier stock. It's pretty safe buy.... yahoo constantly yields +/- a billion a year in net income plus about 11 billion is assets.... with less than half that in liabilities. anyway you put it's most likely a decent ROI. Yahoo finance is superior to any others imo. a pretty well rounded co. on a side note Microsoft leaves a crap load of computer parts that they replace with new hardware with @ the Redmond campus in various places in the garages....... one knowledgeable college student could take advantage of this and build computers and sell them for upwards of $300 each ........ I paid 18k cash for my first c70 @ age 18 leave it at that. hopefully someone can inherit this knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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