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Microsoft/Yahoo! Merger a Good Idea?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-big-get-bigger dept.

NorbMan writes "Last month there was speculation about Microsoft's interest in joining forces with Yahoo! to battle Google. Today, a Merrill Lynch analyst recommended a Yahoo! takeover by Microsoft. From the article: "A Yahoo/MSN-Microsoft combination would have garnered approximately 41% share in the US of search queries [in April] versus Google with 44%.""

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  1. Very bad idea by MarkByers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Very bad idea. No one will trust their business to a company called 'Microhoo!'.

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    I'll probably be modded down for this...
  2. Genius! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's better than having the trust and reliability of Microsoft paired with the strategy and insight of Yahoo!

    Oh...