TFMF Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Microsoft seem to be getting desperate. As Google continue their efforts to dominate the planet, Microsoft would like to buy out Yahoo, it would seem... Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo's board, is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price on Thursday. Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it would have to spend an additional $300m this year trying to revive the company. It has been struggling in recent years to compete with Google, which has also been a competitor to Microsoft. [ Full Story ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rara Avis Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hmmmm Microgoo? Googlesoft? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USWhoFan Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Wouldn't that be: YaSoft? or MicroHoo? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Luckily you didn't forget that 2nd o there in microhoo. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USWhoFan Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 :D Funny! :D Without the 2nd o it's who they are today, right? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbb Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Wouldn't that be: YaSoft? or MicroHoo? :P How about microwho? Microsoft is certainly flexing it's muscles if they think they can buy off yahoo. I'm not surprised yahoo is losing money, google is faster than yahoo and that alone can make the difference. yahoo is old, google was new and when I came across google (some 5 years after it came out) I think I can say I never turned back. Sorry yahoo. Make microsoft microwho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rara Avis Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Wouldn't that be: YaSoft? or MicroHoo? :P LOL. Right you are. I guess I've been using Google way too long! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbb Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Seems the offer fell through. I'm not surprised, who would want to give Microsoft the advantage? To see what Microsoft has done with the advantage all these years one need only look at the various operating systems over the last 13 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USWhoFan Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I saw that. Kinda surprised me since the offer was more than they were worth. (On the books that is.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_strekge Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Yasoft would be a better ms corp toillet paper name :D Microhoo NetMeeting Microhoo MsnYahoo Microhoo Outlook Microhoo Interhoo Explorer 8.1 Yasoft Visual Studio .Hoo Microhoo Network Neighborhood A complete nightmare of web surfing, I think :p Micro sux really sux I can't wait to see "joe the horse" 'your browser's start page assistant' to help you slowing your web surf exp. and annoy you at the search box and the address bar... grrr... :) Yahaboo Tube Aloha5 with 'briefcaseshare' would be some good news ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyran Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 AS much as you slag mircosoft off they are providing work for a lot of people ME for one linux doesn't provide a fraction of the work windows does so keep moaning but remember if it wasn't for microsoft you might be using MY excuse for windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_strekge Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 ya boo?? :( They are not doing charity with that jobs either. many non-techie ppl could do some jobs there, but first to have a job there you pay for the certification right or license square piece of paper, that's a common case, I dunno it could be different, the thing in that first case is you are now a 'registered certified' ms worker, that's the difference, you pay for it, you have it...it's simple as that. Still better than a company not offering any job... if it pays your bills thats reason enogh to defend it. However going the to the PreGUIstory GEM and the Atari little green desktop were cool for that age, Don't you think? :D but that's another timeline...Linux is not communism was the analog response from the cyberspace 'citizens' to equilibrate the voracity of certain computing 'golems' and 'monsters' of the industry. Where is Open TV for example ? even Gates could not convince that monster. but this topic was about the offer of MS to Yahoo not about the OS wars, it concerns to me my opinion (and to my NSF rank :p) but I do respect kyran's point of view about it. Many good coders efforts produced MS Windows office and MSN messenger, also the recorder app for win3x was nice for its time, MS deserves that part, the code itself no matterhow has its value, but was too close so open source did come to save that breach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbb Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I wonder how much more effort will be made to buy off Yahoo. If I were yahoo I'd reject Microsoft again and again because for one company to get a monopoly would be a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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