__/ [ Guy Fawkes ] on Friday 04 May 2007 13:39 \__
> Saw it on the newswire, haven't seen any confirmation on a website yet,
> though.
>
> I've predicted this right here in this NG, several times. I've been proven
> right yet again. If you guys had listened to me you'd be rich now.
>
> I knew Microsoft had to purchase Yahoo! to get alongside Google in terms
> of
> Internet-search marketshare, since they couldn't do it by themselves. After
> this is complete they'll claim that they've got a huge jump in marketshare
> increase and will soon surpass Google. It'll be 60% Google 40% Microsoft if
> the buy goes through. I'm pretty sure Google must be breaking a sweat right
> now.
Yahoo has already rejected them in the past and many similar rumours made the
rounds before, so let's not rush. Have a look...
Yahoo rejects Microsoft search offer
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| Yahoo CEO Terry Semel has revealed he recently rebuffed Microsoft's
| attempt to bag a stake in the company.
|
| Although the Yahoo boss didn't confirm what form the speculated
| overtures took, he slapped down the idea Yahoo would be willing to
| let Microsoft take a stake in the company.
|
| According to a report in the Financial Times, Semel said: "Microsoft
| taking over Yahoo--that conversation has never come up."
|
| He added: "(We discussed) search, and Microsoft co-owning some of our
| search. I will not sell a piece of search--it is like selling your
| right arm while keeping your left; it does not make any sense."
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http://news.com.com/2061-10811_3-6071556.html?part=rss&tag=6071556&subj=news
What I should add, however, is that ZDNet's Microsoft Blog (Mary Jo Foley)
said that Semel would deliver a keynote talk in a Microsoft confernece.
Wha??
But folks have jumped the gum before because it drives traffic. Take this one
(old article, mind you):
If the WSJ says so, it must be true
,----[ Quote ]
| MICROSOFT has been looking at a possible acquisition of the Yahoo online
| portal and search engine, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31460
More funnies:
10 Reasons Why Microsoft Will Aquire Yahoo In 2007
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| Will it happen? To me it seems like a no brainer... If Microsoft
| hopes to compete in this new internet economy (contextual ads)t
| hey need a bigger chunk of the search market. Yahoo is the
| only option IMO.
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http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/12/16/10-reasons-why-microsoft-will-aquire-yahoo-in-2007/
Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo, Says Merrill Lynch
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| Microsoft should acquire Yahoo! in order to fend off Google and solidify
| the software giant's Internet presence, according to a Friday report by
| Merrill Lynch.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/23/microsoft-yahoo-0623markets04.html?partner=yahootix
,----[ Quote ]
| The fight is on between the three internet search titans, after Yahoo's
| Terry Semel laid down the gauntlet to Microsoft saying the software
| giant's recently elevated ambitions in the search arena were a lost cause.
|
| "My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance. The
| search business has been formed," he said in an interview with the
| New Yorker's Ken Auletta."
|
| [...]
|
| "That crashing sound you hear, is a chair being thrown across an
| office in Redmond," said another (blogger).
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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/11eadcd4-e1a3-11da-bf4c-0000779e2340.html
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