[jacktool]

i just dont think tats a good idea

microsoft is gonna gain som cool money but they dont favour the ease of the users

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by IC8

If we don't want Yahoo to sell to Microsoft, we'll all be whining in the future how much Google controls the internet.

So far, Google has a great track record of being "user friendly" so I don't think mind Google's dominance and possible increased dominance. Google's tools are browser friendly, they give away of lot of stuff, and don't try to "lock you in" to anything proprietary to them. That's the main distinction between a Google and a Microsoft and why Microsoft comes under fire so much.

If Microsoft "played ball" in a more fair fashion, their image would be much different than it is now.

I don't think Yahoo should sell to Microsoft but I would find a Google merge with Yahoo to be interesting. Yahoo shopping is something Google doesn't really have and something that would fit nicely in the Google family of service offerings.

Peace...

[ryder81]

It's just speculation at this point. But there were rumors this past weekend that Microsoft offered $80 billion for Yahoo. Yahoo was said to have rejected the bid as too low. On Tuesday, even though neither party would comment, talk of a potential Yahoo-Microsoft deal of some kind sent Yahoo shares up 4.4 percent. For the record, Microsoft has $40 billion in cash at hand.

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[ChemicalMonkey]

Originally Posted by middigit

7 for 7 against huh?

I think if yahoo sells, then the web is gonna be screwed - what's gonna happen to flickr and delicios? Yahoo mail is better than MSN for starters - slightly maybe, but still, i'm guessing that will go down the pan too. Fair enough i have gmail but i regularly use yahoo mail flickr and delicious all the time - I don't use hotmail, because it's really buggy as part of windows live. I think it's desperate move to battle google, and i think google wins out anyway - hands up those who use yahoo alone over google.

Have you used the new yahoo mail crap? There new setup on it is full of bugs. Google is going to dominate cause yahoo tends to release stuff half way threw testing thinking it will make it go quicker, but all it does is losses them business.

yahoo will always have at least 1 foot over google with YIM, which is probably the only reason people are still with yahoo, if they didnt have YIM, or if google made a messanger that was YIM compatible, yahoo would be screwed.

I think its a good idea and a bad idea...if they do buy yahoo, microsoft has more people for creating new stuff for the yahoo name and more money to support new programs and stuff with it.

on the other hand, microsoft tends to screw stuff up in the start lol

[rpace5]

If they do, internet life is really going to start sucking. Yes that is a period. Oops there's another one...No, no I'm done

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by rpace5

If they do, internet life is really going to start sucking.

How so? Do you mean if you're a Yahoo! user? There's far more to the Internet than Yahoo!, Microsoft, or any Microsoft offerings.

Peace...

[rpace5]

Originally Posted by tomdkat

How so? Do you mean if you're a Yahoo! user?

I personally am a Yahoo! user and have been since I purchased my first pc back in '96. Since then Yahoo! has made my internet life easier and easier as time went by. Every time that they innovate, My Yahoo! is just so organized and simple and, just speaking for me, it makes me feel like I know what I'm doin'. Which, if any of you guys knew me, you'd know that ain't right. Besides all of that, when I run AdAware 2007, there's no evidence where Yahoo! has put tracking cookies all over the place. They are always offering unique ideas on secure shopping, web hosting (inexpensive)... I mean... I can't think of everything right off hand, but they are not intrusive, which NO ONE can say that about M$. M$ are THE BIGGEST spyware in the business; unless you count the US government.

Anyway, it's just my opinion.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by rpace5

Anyway, it's just my opinion.

That's cool. I can see Yahoo! users not being happy about the acquisition.

Peace...

[slurpee55]

Well, I guess I may as well finally put in my two cents worth. I was and am a rocketmail user which Yahoo mail bought ages ago. I have found their interface to be quite usable and much easier than MS mail. (Now Gmail is a whole different story.)
I don't care much for Yahoo's new look, but I am not an Outlook user, which it mimics.
Nor do I use most of Yahoo's other offerings. However, I am afraid that MS will muck up Yahoo mail severly - make it all part of their net framework - and so I am not in favor of the sale.
If I owned Yahoo stock, however, I suspect I would be entirely in favor of the sale.

[Chris_Stevens]

Sure it's a good idea, Yahoo inc is one of the oldest search engines out-there, and Microsoft is constantly pioneering new fronts in technology and the user experience. combine the two and you might have a force strong enough to tremor Google inc.

[James Skaggs]

What Does Microsoft Want To Entertain A Future Massive Lawsuit???

Yahoo, Which Is A Free Service, Has Allowed For Years, The European
Communities Of Thieves To Plunder Americans With Bogus Lottery Scams,
Death Of Relative Inheritance, Government Awards, And Just About Everyone
Under Their Sun!!! Not To Mention A Vehicle For Them To Send Funds, Laundered
Money, Through To The Terrorists Organizations. Is Microsoft Crazy??yahoo
Already Know Of The Problem, But Do Nothing To Fix. As Far As I Am Concerned,
They Are An Accessory To The Crime. All Because Of Free Yahoo. When The
Scammers Realize Someone Is On To Them, They Disconnect And Just Get Another Yahoo Address!! This Was Illistrated By An Video Done By Msnbc Not
To Long Ago. They Operate Out Of Internet Cafe's, And Even The Police Can't
Seem To Track Them Down. Don't Ask Me To By Stock In Microsoft, Until They
Change Their Tunes. There Is A Massive Movement To Take Yahoo To Court
For Their Laxcity, And Unwillingness To Solve A Huge Problem.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by Chris_Stevens

and Microsoft is constantly pioneering new fronts in technology and the user experience.

How so?

Peace...

[Killazys]

Haven't heard much news about the M$-Yahoo! thing lately.

[tomdkat]

I've heard the talks are still on-going and at this point Yahoo wants more money.

Peace...

[Killazys]

Seriously? I thought Yahoo! mailed all its stockholders saying that it was not in their best interest to sell Y! stocks?