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    Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

    By Miguel Helft and Andrew Ross Sorkin Friday, February 1, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO: In a bold move to counter Google’s online pre-eminence, Microsoft said Friday that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix of cash and stock. If consummated, the deal would redraw the competitive landscape in Internet consumer services, where both Microsoft [...]


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    I can't wait to see the Yahoo-users (flickr and so on) to respond. I heard the stockholders were sueing Yahoo for not taking the bid, however.. how good will your stock stay if users leave you. And a lot of them will likely do so.

    Microsoft simply needs to clean up it's act. Like it is slowly doing with Explorer. Win back some respect, don't try to buy it.

    Will they ever learn?
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    hahaha, i dunno. i c that old bill is looking to buying linkedin as well :)

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