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Microsoft in Talks To Acquire Ebay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jigga-whaaaa dept.

thatedeguy writes "The NY Post is reporting that Microsoft and Ebay are in talks for the online auction house to join the Microsoft family." That said, the talks aren't going that well at the moment. From the article: " Sources indicate that the talks, while still active, have cooled somewhat in the last two weeks as executives considered antitrust issues. It is unclear what the full impact of yesterday's advertising and search alliance between Yahoo! and eBay will be for talks between MSN and eBay. One source close to the matter suggested the Yahoo-eBay tie-up would not stop Microsoft from pursuing the online auctioneer."

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  1. Obligatory Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bidding for Ebay starts at $8 billion, but you can Buy It Now for $12.5 billion.

    1. Re:Obligatory Joke by CheeseTroll · · Score: 4, Funny

      They'll make up the difference with an astronomical shipping price.

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  2. Reminds me of HotMail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS will spend YEARS trying to dump the *nix servers out of Ebay ;-)

  3. That explains this new category by raider_red · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was on the eBay sight this morning and there's a new category labeled "Vaporware". It only had listings for advance purchases of Windows Vista.

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  4. Wow, I misread that... by Lally+Singh · · Score: 3, Funny

    I saw it as "Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Baby"

    I need some coffee.

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  5. Hi cost to stop illegal MS Windows sales on ebay by OwnStile · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet they're just trying to stop the illegal sales of MS Windows on ebay...

  6. BSOD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bid Screen of Death.

    In the new Vista, after a crash, you have to have the winning bid before getting your crash dump.

  7. Re:no kidding by grazzy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Prepare for slower uglier eBay & Paypal.

    I'm sorry, but I REALLY dont think that is possible.