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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. Who, exactly, is losing money? by JakiChan · · Score: 4, Informative

    Say what you want about Yahoo! but it is not "money-losing". Yahoo! is profitable. Yes, top-line growth has been a problem but management of the bottom line has driven profits UP not DOWN. Bing may be losing money hand over fist but Yahoo! is still bringing in the cash.

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

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    1. Re:Who, exactly, is losing money? by JakiChan · · Score: 2, Informative

      Uhm, no. The submitted said in his submission that Yahoo! is losing money. It is not. As much fun as it may be to kick Y! I think one should at least use the facts. MICROSOFT is losing money fast, but Y! is profitable.

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  2. Re:Why? by teg · · Score: 3, Informative

    But they already have their own search engine Bing, or is that worse than Yahoo? Why would they be interested in Yahoo @ all? The only company that could make a good case for buying them is Apple, so that they can use something other than Google for their native search services on the iPad and others.

    Yahoo! has stopped doing search themselves, search has been handled by Microsoft for a couple of years now. So there is no value there... the value would be in yahoo.com, Flickr and various other web services.

  3. Re:Are we talking about the same Microsoft? by Alex+Belits · · Score: 3, Informative

    I typically make applications/daemons on a POSIX platform, but I always prototype in .net

    No, you don't.

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