The problem with this plan is that many of these "customers" use the yahoo portal because they find to be the better portal as it currently is. If Microsoft takes over Yahoo, what are the odds that they'll leave the portal alone? Slim to none, I'd say. If they "innovate" it into the MSN portal, I think they'll lose a lot of customers, and find that they didn't really gain a lot in the acquisition.
I admit it certainly sounds sneaky, but perhaps they are just trying to ensure that the domain is still available when the "customer" finally finishes entering their payment information...
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What burns even more is that the MS Product Manager's real name is Nick. It was a typo.
The problem with this plan is that many of these "customers" use the yahoo portal because they find to be the better portal as it currently is. If Microsoft takes over Yahoo, what are the odds that they'll leave the portal alone? Slim to none, I'd say. If they "innovate" it into the MSN portal, I think they'll lose a lot of customers, and find that they didn't really gain a lot in the acquisition.
I admit it certainly sounds sneaky, but perhaps they are just trying to ensure that the domain is still available when the "customer" finally finishes entering their payment information...
Perhaps this legislation will encourage manufactures to make non-sucky, non-poisonous, efficient light bulbs. I'm certainly hoping so.