Google/Yahoo/Microsoft

root — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:21:00 GMT

If you haven't heard, Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion USD.

Let me say that again.

[Dr. Evil voice]

44.6 BILLION dollars.

[/Dr. Evil voice]

Google being Google, they attempted to block MS's bid with an offer to Yahoo that, to me, is genius:

"Outsource your search to us, and you can focus more on your strong points... like social networking and mobile content."

The key points here:

1) Microsoft would consume Yahoo (and Yahoo's culture, employees, etc.) and potentially inherit Microsoft's culture and/or loose people.... and they wouldn't be independent anymore. But they would be extremely wealthy.

2) Siding with Google they could keep their independence and focus on their strengths... while giving their (once?) major competitor their search and increasing their business significantly. They could keep their independence though...

3) If Yahoo accepts any of the offers, then they would be accepting defeat.

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What do you guys think Yahoo should do?

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Google/Yahoo/Microsoft