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MS Buying Yahoo? Bad Idea, Even At a Discount

Posted by timothy on from the bing-bing-bing-we-have-a-winner dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Nearly four years ago, Microsoft tried to buy Yahoo, but eventually withdrew the offer in the face of resistance from Yahoo's leadership. This week rumors resurfaced that Microsoft was once again bidding on the struggling Internet pioneer, this time for significantly less money. But even at a discount, it might be a pretty bad idea for Microsoft to get involved in the unfocused, money-losing Yahoo."

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  1. ballmer by KingAlanI · · Score: 2, Funny

    "scratch that. going to fucking kill ourselves, not google."

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    I listen to both RIAA and non-RIAA stuff if I like the music, tangential business/politics nonwithstanding.
  2. Re:Who, exactly, is losing money? by MicroSlut · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dude, this is /. If you say SharePoint, they say Windows ME! If you say Dynamics, they say BSOD!, if you say Office, they say Ribbon! I suffered a decade of panics due to poorly written nix drivers and years of headaches putting up with glitches in GroupWise. If posters want to believe that Microsoft is on the brink of failure because IE is losing popularity and Bing has as much traffic as Dogpile, let them. It is the year of Linux on the desktop, for the nth year in a row and 640K should be enough. I have to go recharge my iPhone.

  3. Re:Who, exactly, is losing money? by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet the folks who love to keep beating on Yahoo! also kick puppies for fun...

    Hey!

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.