$150 Million Was Just A Drop In The Bucket (MS/Yahoo)

[Spankey]

Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo

Microsoft Makes Unexpected $44.6B Offer for Internet Icon Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.

The surprise offer of $31 per share, made late Thursday and announced Friday, comes with Sunnyvale-based Yahoo in a vulnerable position....

[Jimbo976]

I guess they have more important things to worry about than HD-DVD?

[RUR]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

I guess they have more important things to worry about than HD-DVD?

or the acquisition of major studios to prop it up.

[Grubert]

It's too bad. I'd left hotmail for yahoo, which works miles better for me. Will they axe Yahoo mail?

[JTK]

This is more along the lines of what I expect from MS: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em out.

[jq71586]

Goodbye free fantasy sports leagues.

[WickyWoo]

Their own search engine has bombed out hard

[Jimbo976]

Yahoo and MSN messenger merging with this I wonder

[JTK]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Their own search engine has bombed out hard

Big time.

It's all about Google and Yahoo when it comes to search engines.

[Big Daddy]

This may be relevant to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Microsoft is buying Yahoo for 45 billion dollars. They are probably doing this to compete with Google and also provide HD content on the Web.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080201/microsoft_yahoo.html

[arush5268d]

Great. Now my favorite search engine will start to randomly crash and otherwise screw up my computer.

[Prometheus59650]

Originally Posted by Grubert

It's too bad. I'd left hotmail for yahoo, which works miles better for me. Will they axe Yahoo mail?

Ohhhh, I doubt that very much. The most that'll happen is that you'd probably be able to access Yahoo mail thru MSN too if you want.

It'd be millions of people getting screwed out of accounts otherwise. Not good business.

[actionhank]

Originally Posted by arush5268d

Great. Now my favorite search engine will start to randomly crash and otherwise screw up my computer.

lol

I am also worried that my email address will overheat.

Kidding aside, this is actually their only chance against the Google's online monopoly. And competition is good

[TheTenth]

... and the freedom of opinion on the onternet takes a great hit

[Super_Mecha_Godzilla]

Well it is a hostile attempt by Microsoft. There is a chance it will not go through. Hopefully Yahoo has enough funding to fight evil empire.

[Sporty]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

This may be relevant to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Microsoft is buying Yahoo for 45 billion dollars. They are probably doing this to compete with Google and also provide HD content on the Web.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080201/microsoft_yahoo.html

Technically they aren't buying Yahoo, they made an offer.

A buyout this size would require US and EU approval along with Board and stockholder's ok.

I kinda suspect EU would have a bigger problem with this then the US and it will take awhile either way.

[Johnny Vinyl]

I'm actually not unhappy about this! Especially since Yahoo screwed up the best music player in the business....namely MUSICMATCH. Their Yahoo version sucks!

[w_tanoto]

i hope they'll reject the offer. but thank god i switched to google long time ago. who can buy google must me thrice as rich as m$ (i guess)

[plee]

Originally Posted by JTK

This is more along the lines of what I expect from MS: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em out.

That's their motto...and then they will claim they built/designed the technology

[Go Blu]

Yahoo share are up 8.80 in light of this news.