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Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Embraces Google Instead
snydeq writes with a story from InfoWorld which says that "Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft and is instead nearing an agreement with Google. Yahoo's purported reason for breaking off the talks? That Microsoft was only interested in purchasing Yahoo's search business, not all of the company. 'Such a transaction would not be consistent with the company's view of the converging search and display marketplaces, would leave the company without an independent search business that it views as critical to its strategic future and would not be in the best interests of Yahoo stockholders,' the company said in a statement. The deal with Google allegedly involves Yahoo's search advertising business. The move likely will draw more ire from Icahn and may in fact remain part of the elaborate poker game between the two companies. Microsoft said this alternative transaction remains on the table and did not confirm that talks between it and Yahoo have concluded." Update: 06/12 23:58 GMT by T : CWmike writes "Just hours after saying it ended talks with Microsoft, Yahoo announced that it will start running advertising from Google alongside Yahoo search results. Yahoo expects the deal, which has a 10-year term, to generate $250 million to $450 million in operating cash flow during the first 12 months."
...has a giant cardboard cutout of Eric Schmidt in his office now to throw chairs at. Next to his mini methlab.
Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
"Would a Yahoogle monopoly be any better than an MS one?"
For non-Windblows people, yeah, most definitely it's a better situation when given a choice to pick your poison.
Why doesn't M$ deserve Yahoo they earned there money fair or not. This is suppose to be a free-market
Yes, but if they make the best OS around, why should they be punished? Back then, MacOS and Linux were shitty and hard to use for the end user. Apple rebranded itself starting with the iMac. Linux has only make up ground towards the end user in the last 18 months.
What did Microsoft do that strong arms their competition? They didn't try to buy out Apple. They made products for the Mac. They got fined for being the best out there - which in my opinion - is wrong...
Sounds too Jewey.