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Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

Rick — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:34:00 PDT

Yeah, we'll be seeing yahoo at 5 before it's all over with. Saved from a moronic decision by hubris: only in the valley

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

Wabewalker — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:34:35 PDT

@deathbychichi: Yahoo might be old, but Microsoft’s older. That’s the problem in a nutshell: both companies have so much legacy that they cannot attract the best and brightest, and their executives are scared of any radical change. Not to mention the integration nightmares from trying to merge two undocumented and overpatched systems. Talk about dinosaurs mating.

Microsoft buying Yahoo for its technology is like stripping an Edsel for parts for your Oldsmobile: in theory you can, but why bother?

No, the goal was the entrenched customer list. Ballmer finally realized that there would be massive customer defections as Yahoo’s various properties disintegrated because the “people in the know” fled from the Moloch from Seattle. The techies may be annoyed at Yahoo, but they loathe Microsoft.

It took thirty years, but the Valley finally learned that you just don’t deal with Microsoft if you want to survive.

Wabewalker

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

Hyloka — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:40:54 PDT

Maybe if Yahoo! employee's are lucky Microsoft will set aside part of that $1.5B they were going to use to retain Yahoo! employees and offer the cream of the crop some nice incentive to hop off of the sinking ship sailing into the headwinds

Hyloka

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

ScalaWag — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:27:37 PDT

He'll be back later to buy this thing for $20

ScalaWag

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

DaveMcClure500Hats — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:39:39 PDT

@deathbychichi: Yahoo employees happy? not unless they've already sold all their stock. i gotta think a bunch of folks are pissed at Jerry for tanking their options come monday morning.

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DaveMcClure500Hats

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

OaklandTechie — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:01:43 PDT

Microsoft shareholders (including me -- surprised, Macbeach?) are happy too. Shares should go back up a few bucks.

OaklandTechie

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

sample032 — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:06:47 PDT

Will Balmer still go for the proxy fight, or has he finally seen the light?

sample032

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

deathbychichi — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:00:58 PDT

Yang's happy. Yahoo employees are happy. Heck, Microsoft employees are happy. Yahoo shareholders are going to be quite unhappy... on Monday when the market opens, and later after Yahoo's share price drops far below where it is today.

deathbychichi

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

pab2k8 — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:44:09 PDT

Actually, he is not an idiot in fact, he sees something others don't see right now. That's why he walked out. When you look at Yahoo it's... meh... it's old.

pab2k8

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

tojo — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:32:55 PDT

Ding dong the witch is dead! It feels like someone finally poured that bucket of water on Steve.

tojo

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

phuzzy — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:32:33 PDT

I guess Ballmer isnt a *complete* idiot. He's a notoriously cheap man, so it's not a total surprise.

phuzzy

Yahoo's $37 demand talks, Microsoft's $33 offer walks

pab2k8 — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:30:29 PDT

Awesome move! Good work! Now the question is....will they buy ********?

pab2k8