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- Pfkninenines, on 06/13/2008, -10/+46#9 - Steve Balmer loses his job
- ProjectGSX, on 06/13/2008, -3/+36#12. Their stock dropped like a rock.
Wait, no, thats a bad sign. - JasonCox, on 06/13/2008, -9/+35The #1 sign that Yahoo! made the right move:
My Microsoft stock has surged since they walked out. - positron, on 06/13/2008, -2/+26I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of chairs cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
- Wiini, on 06/13/2008, -3/+22Oh yeah, Yahoo did really well:
Microsoft: let me buy you.
Yahoo!: No.
Microsoft: Please?
Yahoo! No.
(Do this over and over again for two years)
Microsoft: Okay, for the last time, let me buy you, seriously, for real this time.
Yahoo!: NO! You're not valuing us.
Microsoft: Please? we're making a more than reasonable offer.
Yahoo!: No, the offer isn't enough. it doesn't make the board rich enough.
Microsoft: Okay, no more chances.
Yahoo! stock holders: OMG FAGS!! You're throwing our money away!! MICROSOFT! COME BACK!
Microsoft: ....
Yahoo!: Wait.. uh, what was that offer again? Give us the offer again, this time we'll take it!
Microsoft: Umm... no?
Yahoo!: Please!
Microsoft: Umm..... hell no?
Yahoo!: Oh *****.. we're in so much trouble now.
Google: Hello, maybe I can be of assistance?
Yahoo!: (Hops on Google's miniscooter just like in dodge ball and gives Microsoft the finger) LATER SUCKERS! WE'RE SAVED!
Digg Community: We rejoice in Yahoo!'s glory, even though the reality is they made a very stupid decision, and were saved by the grace of Google.
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Google said this about a Microsoft - Yahoo merger:"In early March, Google CEO Eric Schmidt went on record saying that he was concerned that a potential Microsoft-Yahoo! merger might hurt the Internet by compromising its openness"
That's right, Google. Do no Evil. And chastise anyone who might... but wait... the same offer is up for grabs, and you can get in on it? YAHOO!!!!!!! - tunafizzle, on 06/13/2008, -0/+19why is the author of this article in love with Jerry Yang?
- positron, on 06/13/2008, -3/+20I prefer Yahoogle! myself.
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -4/+20So MS offered 33 per share and even all this time later Yahoo is only worth 22 and falling... they better have a card up their sleeve because I don't see what there plans are next.
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -6/+20Goo-hoo? or Yoogle?
- Wiini, on 06/13/2008, -2/+16You mean like spy on you EVEN more than Microsoft, and send back everything you do in the name of easy data organization?
People don't realize that Google, with all of their data collecting is easily one of the most dangerous company's in the world. - zspeed78, on 06/13/2008, -0/+13The google yahoo deal is lame at best. It makes yahoo a reseller of google ads. Woohoo. And google can walk away at anytime they want. Its also automatically dead if yahoo gets purchased by anyone. So, google really locked in yahoo and will probably force them into a slow death.
- ithejosh, on 06/13/2008, -1/+13Best point in the article
"Yahoo! has been sitting on an unexploited goldmine for far too long. The company's combined sites get the most traffic of any portal around the world, yet Yahoo! earns so little from it. But it can't look to Google for help on this one: the Internet giant is so far a one-trick pony, making all its money from search advertising. Yang really should ask Microsoft chief and salesman extraordinaire Steve Ballmer for guidance here, but that would be a tad awkward now"
This is so true and yahoo is failing to capitalize on it. - versualize, on 06/13/2008, -2/+13Obvious troll is obvious...etc.
- mj23thebest, on 06/13/2008, -1/+11I am never so sure about Yahoo! is actually in a search business. Yahoo! to me is more in a content business. Their business model is about how to generate/aggregate more content and then try to profit from that. On the other hand, Google is always in the search business (see their mission statement). Since content and search can't live without each other, the partnership between the “king of content” and the “king of search” will be very interesting.
- russ3, on 06/13/2008, -3/+12Steve Jobs cares for 413 cats? what?
- tpaine, on 06/13/2008, -0/+9Was I the only one surprised to see Forbes doing such a sarcastic article? Felt more like a list of impossibilities to me.
- ikalvarado, on 06/13/2008, -4/+13And the winners are:
1° Google (Google is evil, it's going to conquer the world sooner or later.)
2° Microsoft (stocks up 4%, what can I say?)
3° (empty, Yahoo! went down so bad it doesn't deserve the last place).
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4° Yahoo! (hurrah!) - russ3, on 06/13/2008, -1/+10Oh i need to learn to read full paragraphs before I comment. Lol.
But seriously, If he did have 413 cats they would all just be named tiger, snow leopard etc. - chedabob, on 06/13/2008, -6/+15More like boo-hoo for Microsoft.
- jbworld, on 06/13/2008, -5/+12So, instead of Microsoft growing even bigger, Google is going to grow even bigger. What's the difference? Google is becoming the monster Microsoft was 5-10 years ago - dominant on every market. The difference is: we do not notice it. Google is cool, you know.
- Atomic1fire, on 06/13/2008, -1/+8Yahoo should have sold,
Google can easily compete with microsoft and its proven that time and time again.
there wont be a online windows media player anytime soon unless microsoft figures out they need a youtube competitor that can show its self as better then youtube
and office live is just a hosting service - 4DFX, on 06/13/2008, -0/+6You got that from slashdot. Cheater :P
- batmanz, on 06/13/2008, -1/+7Is "Yahoo! going out of buisiness," on the list?
- Wiini, on 06/13/2008, -1/+7Are you familiar with the situation? Because from the perspective of a Yahoo! share holder (me), I think you're talking out of your ass.
- tetfsu, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5No you got it wrong #4 is Profit!
- Rambie, on 06/13/2008, -2/+6Yes, I think someone at Forbes lost a bet and is bitter.
- stix213, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4Digg users hate Microsoft more than super monopolies.
- tetfsu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4WTF kind of logic is that? Here's what I see you saying...
1) MSN = Yahoo! / Yahoo!
and therefore MSN = 1
then
(Yahoo! + 1 < Google) = Duh!
(Yes that is Duh factorial)
2) Yahoo! > Google / MSN
(everyone knows MSN is = -1 in reality)
I have to say I think I agree with #3 if that's where you were going. - inigomntoya, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4FTA - "And yes, we lied about the cats"
- Wiini, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4It's not gay unless their weenies touch.
- stix213, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4"The software giant's bid gave it an immediate boost to $28.38--but it has yet to top Microsoft's last offer of $33 a share. In the next six months, Yahoo's stock needs to show a lot of upward direction. The goal: getting above that $33 water mark."
Uhhh, Yahoo is trading at $23.47 at today's close. That's almost $10 per share less than the last MS bid! Yahoo has a long way to go, and it looks like management doesn't make decisions with the shareholders in mind, so good luck convincing more of them to buy YHOO. - stix213, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3All of the owners of Yahoo stock would actually have benefited immediately, so I don't see your point.
- FredFredrickson, on 06/13/2008, -2/+5Why is everyone excited about this? I really don't like the idea of the world's two biggest online advertisers striking up a deal with each other. At all.
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -0/+311. Yahoo! gives your private medical information to advertisers.
12. Yahoo! bans sections of the internet to appease the Chinese government. - tetfsu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3If that's what came to your mind from reading this then your digg name is aptly chosen.
- Atomic1fire, on 06/13/2008, -2/+5Does android count?
- kingmanic, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3All the other stuff builds the brand. Brand can have very powerful effects on the value of your advertising. Thus anything that helps people trust google directly pushes up the value of their advertising.
- dfsjdkflasjk, on 06/13/2008, -1/+4How about Monopoly
- tetfsu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2How about Upcoming, that one good enough for you? Ok then how about Y! Mobile? Still no, OK then finance.yahoo.com?
Still not good enough? Are you sure your doing this right? - ICSU, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3The entertainment division was profitable in the last fiscal year, grew by +90%.
- rif42, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2> Are they still in business?
Wake up and smell the coffee. Yahoo is still world most visited internet site. - Wiini, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2... He rejected the offer knowing full well that was a possibility. Do you know what you're talking about or are you hoping on some kind of bandwagon that you're hoping exists?
- RG13, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3Yagoohoogle!
- FredFredrickson, on 06/13/2008, -2/+4Agreed - but Google could wind up being the worst of the two, since half its business is finding out personal details about you from your web habits.
- SetOverSet, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2So the $35/share offer is what an 80% premium over where Yahoo closed today....Brilliant. Yang and the rest of the board has about 1 month left on the job I think.
- tetfsu, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Yes, except for one, the smartest cat... his name would be Woz.
- FredFredrickson, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2They do flickr, don't they?
- ICSU, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Advertising actually (often accompanying search).
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Yeah, but who are you asking? You're asking Jeeves...
- zorabthegreek, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2Burying it because its a Forbes.com link - and they have the cheek to show us an ad and call it a "Welcome Screen". Why do I want to wait for 30 secs?? I've clicked on a link because I want to read it.
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