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Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Search Offer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unfriendly-business dept.

mytrip writes to mention a Financial Times article detailing Microsoft's apparent interest in Yahoo!, and Yahoo!'s rude reaction to their interest. From the article: "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."

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  1. Transcription of dialogue... by terrahertz · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS Rep: Hey baby, how 'bout lettin' big daddy in on a piece o' that action?
    Y! Rep: Oh no you dit'in! Oh no you dit'in! (gesticulates the talk-to-the-hand)

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    Slashdot? Oh, I just read it for the articles.
  2. Stupid by nagora · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It may be that Yahoo's search engine is better than MS's (just as a kick in the balls is better than being shot in the head) but to say that the world's richest company has no chance in any field just shows that the speaker is an idiot.

    TWW

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    "Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
  3. Homepage by therage96 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict this will probably appear in the news in the next few weeks.

    "And in a surprising move, Microsoft has chosen to make live.com the default homepage any new Internet Explorer installation."

    Microsoft 1, Yahoo -screwed-

  4. Breaking News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Terry Semel of Yahoo! corporation was found dead this morning. At this point the cause of death is being attributed to a chair leg that is still lodged deeply inside the victim's skull. Police have ruled out accidental death and are compiling a list of suspects.

  5. How are you gentlemen by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance,' [Yahoo's Terry Semel] said.

    When asked for comment, Google's representative, CATS, said, "Ohhh, no, no, no. All your search are belong to us."