Microsoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo

[soumya]

Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive position in the online services market.

The unexpected announcement Friday comes as Microsoft, the world's biggest software company, seeks new ways to compete more effectively against the search and online advertising powerhouse Google Inc.

News source: MSNBC NEWS

http://neowin.net/

[PCWORM]

Huh,,,M$ can do nething..

[MetalheadGautham]

damn yet another microsoft news...
I think yahoo won't give away to microsoft because they(microsoft) have a bad public image these days that may distroy yahoo's reputation. Besides, yahoo is already very successful these days.
And M$ can never beat google.

[desiibond]

it's just another try by MS.

[ico]

Yahoo is surely going to reject this. They are better and M$ is just going to spoil them.

[csczero]

MS please just stay focused on OS .... already ruined vista .........

[Gigacore]

m$ wanna beat google

[iMav]

interesting development there were speculations of this some time back; yahoo may reject it now but chances are sooner or later tthey might give in most of the time thts what happens when a take over bid is made companies to tend to reject then finally give in

[praka123]

when u cant beat them,buy them poor M$!
the age old policy of M$Ft.
M$ failed in one thing!they cant buy Open Source and GNU/Linux. hahaha!

[entrana]

well look at the bright side. m$ doesnt screw up the companies it buys unlike EA

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by praka123

when u cant beat them,buy them poor M$!
the age old policy of M$Ft.

Well said

Originally Posted by praka123

M$ failed in one thing!they cant buy Open Source and GNU/Linux. hahaha!

Reminds me of SCO Unix case, money muscle all the way. Too bad the courts didn't bite

[praka123]

Microsoft is like the Matrix

The majority of the users Just Don't Know. The reference to the "Matrix" movie is both stunning and crystal clear. Right now, nine years after the first film was produced, I have been enlightened:

Microsoft is like the Matrix.

It's all about control and power. The only difference is that Microsoft does not desire electricity, but the money. All it can get. Now read, think and have fun.

^a MUST read!

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Everyone hates the One on the Top .

That's what i think really is the case , Everyone wants Microsoft to not be on the top .

If it was someone else , then i bet people would've cursed them insted os MS .

[soumya]

People here are always bashing Microsoft, little do they realise that this offer cannot be made by apple or the open source guys. Simply put, they don't have money to make this kind of deal Microsoft has sold products and has a overwhelming market share. That proves that people LOVE Microsoft and are spending their money on them. Another milestone for the company called Microsoft and they are numero uno because they strongly believe ''YOUR POTENTIAL. OUR PASSION''

[praka123]

pity!u have to grow!go,research more on what M$ is doing?
I urge you to read complete:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.p...d&cid=18696149

Microsoft has been scanning the horizon to ensure that no one begins to kick at the blocks that prop up their monopoly. They are constantly looking for new ways to create more blocks. Some of these blocks are directx, drm, application/windows APIs, network interoperability (or the lack thereof), WGA/WGN lie, FUD, patents. Writing for OpenGL means you are writing for multiple platforms which gives a greater overall share.

[nvidia]

its not a good offer....

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by soumya

People here are always bashing Microsoft, little do they realise that this offer cannot be made by apple or the open source guys. Simply put, they don't have money to make this kind of deal Microsoft has sold products and has a overwhelming market share. That proves that people LOVE Microsoft and are spending their money on them. Another milestone for the company called Microsoft and they are numero uno because they strongly believe ''YOUR POTENTIAL. OUR PASSION''

this isn't true. FOSS has money; but why would FOSS want to buy M$ ? huh. its silly. FOSS is becoming popular.

[shantanu]

well in my opinion, yahoo should reject this offer, as there is no need for yahoo to give away, they are pretty sucessfull

@unknown : are you speaking on facts or is it only air... , M$ can't be bought by FOSS or anything man .. keep it to facts dude.. present something that supports your claim

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by praka123

Microsoft is like the Matrix

^a MUST read!

Ya, See this
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79422

[praka123]

^too bad slow internet!will see asap!

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by shantanu

well in my opinion, yahoo should reject this offer, as there is no need for yahoo to give away, they are pretty sucessfull

@unknown : are you speaking on facts or is it only air... , M$ can't be bought by FOSS or anything man .. keep it to facts dude.. present something that supports your claim

It is true that FOSS can't do that coz M$ won't agree !!! but if M$ does then i think FOSS can. But simply saying FOSS has no necessity to buy M$. FOSS is getting popular in its own way !!

[vaithy]

In a three way race M$is facing difficulty to win over google.. So the buyout of yahoo will helpit to merge its resources with msn latter bury the Yahoo's skeleton under Redmond's corridor.. msn Vs google final will be thrilling!!watchout folks!!
y
vaithy

[iMav]

Microsoft's big Yahoo bid: Wall Street reacts

Originally Posted by Sid Parakh, McAdams Wright Ragen in Seattle

We are not very positive on the deal. It's a lot of money. They're eager to grow their business, and this is what is prompting this acquisition. Yahoo in itself is a dying franchise and I don't know if buying Yahoo is going to solve the problem that both of them have, which is more monetization of their traffic vs. wanting more traffic.

Originally Posted by JP Morgan analysts, in a note advising Yahoo investors to accept the Microsoft offer

One of the biggest challenges facing MSN and potentially Yahoo! is the lack of scale in terms of search traffic compared to Google. We believe that a potential combination between the two companies could solve this issue and close the gap with Google from a search inventory and advertiser perspective. On a global basis, MSN/Yahoo! could reach approximately 600M unique users and have approximately 28.3% of all searches. Further, we believe the increased scale of the combined search entity would lead to improved monetization due to a number of advertisers, which positively impact coverage, click-through rates, and pricing.

Originally Posted by Marianne Wolk, Susquehanna Financial Group

Yahoo!'s Board has rejected prior offers, but this time could be different. Yahoo! is in the midst of a major transition as it hustles to create a substantial ad-serving and targeting platform that integrates both search and branded advertising. It faces several headwinds as it pursues this as a standalone company, namely a weakening economy and a CTO shift. At the same time, its window of opportunity has shrunk as Google's pending acquisition of DoubleClick is about to raise the competition for a consolidated brand-search offering. Thus, the imperative has grown and Yahoo!'s Board may be more likely to accept this offer.

Originally Posted by Brent Thill, Citigroup

For Microsoft or any other company seeking to gain scale in Internet advertising, Yahoo! is an obvious strategic choice given its position as one of the top 3 Web properties worldwide. Yahoo!'s increasing challenge over the past few years has been losing market share to Google in search and market share to social networks.

[techtronic]

For your info Digitians, its not only Microsoft that always cuts and clears its opponents all the way. A classic example for this should be Symantec's acquisition of a company called Binary Research which was the original creator of the GHOST (General Hardware Oriented System Transfer) program since Symantec were unable to create a better product than what BR was doing.

[vaithy]

Steve Ballmer is a good manipulator when dealing with the rivals.. However he has put his foot in his mouth.. by complaining google's takeover bid of doubleclick to Europeaon Commission as well as the US justice Department.. Now M$ is facing the same antitrust charge if it go over Yahoo's bid...Now Yahoo is becoming a death Albatross hung on its neck...(I forget the title of the poem that I read in my school days)..

vaithy

I got this info today in Telegraph paper.

I think if Microsoft buy Yahoo (Yacrosoft) , then he easily beat Google.

[amol48]

Yahoo has Straight 8 quarters loss !! They must be really thinking hard on this offer. After this offer, Yahoo share are reportedly rose by about 16% and Microsoft's fell about 1.5%.

Source: DNA Newspaper (sorry no link found)

[Indyan]

If this happens it will be great! Finally google will have a serious challenger in the web arena.
It has been proposed many times and such romours have been doing the rounds for years (latest being bout 8 months back), but this is the first time MS is officially making a move.

[nvidia]

Google still rocks... I dont think anybody can beat it....

[iMav]

Originally Posted by techtronic

For your info Digitians, its not only Microsoft that always cuts and clears its opponents all the way. A classic example for this should be Symantec's acquisition of a company called Binary Research which was the original creator of the GHOST (General Hardware Oriented System Transfer) program since Symantec were unable to create a better product than what BR was doing.

in teh corporate world every1 does it ... acquisitions/consolidations/mergers are a big part of business expantion every1 does it yahoo itself has bought a couple of companies to reach where it is

Originally Posted by vaithy

Steve Ballmer is a good manipulator when dealing with the rivals.. However he has put his foot in his mouth.. by complaining google's takeover bid of doubleclick to Europeaon Commission as well as the US justice Department.. Now M$ is facing the same antitrust charge if it go over Yahoo's bid...Now Yahoo is becoming a death Albatross hung on its neck...(I forget the title of the poem that I read in my school days)..

vaithy

the abbot of abebrothok (i dont remember the spellings); the anti-trusts are part and parcel of the game pretty much like acquisitions and filing anti-trusts is very common

Originally Posted by amol48

Yahoo has Straight 8 quarters loss !! They must be really thinking hard on this offer. After this offer, Yahoo share are reportedly rose by about 16% and Microsoft's fell about 1.5%.

Source: DNA Newspaper (sorry no link found)

contrary to popular belief yahoo is in a complete mess