Comments on: Microhoo revisited: Would it be a search-only deal?

The key factor isn't who occupies the CEO's office. But with Jerry Yang set to step down, a source says, "Microsoft is open to a mutually beneficial search deal."

[donsms]

I hope when all is said and done Microsoft will have a chance to pick over the carcass of the dead and rotting Yahoo.Nice goin Yang you bozo!!

[Renegade Knight]

Why is it that everone is on the "Yahoo is dead, but MicroSoft can sure do well to buy it" bandwagon? If it's dead it's a waste of money for MicroSoft to buy it. If it's not, then it's a waste for Yahoo to sell itself as that would just harm shareholders.

[JCPayne]

Well don't forget a Yahoo merger is still a step up for Microsoft even if Yahoo's technology is getting stale.

[HighwayHome]

Considering the garbage which Microsoft has been delivering lately (have we forgotten about Vista already?), it would be wise for them to get their own house in order prior to looking toward expanding their empire through yet another trip to the shopping mall. Regardless of what happens, don't hold your breath for any radical transformation from either of these rusty and clunky dinosaurs.

In addition, the issue of Antitrust needs to be introduced and discussed. Where do you draw the line as to how many aspects of the computing industry one company can control? The potential for a conflict of interest is certainly something which has to be investigated and not dismissed as frivolous heresay.

It has been the alarming lack of Government Regulation which gotten us into this financial mess. Is it really wise to continue on this same path, or is it best to look at these deals with suspicion and not continue to give the major players the benefit of the doubt?

Of course, the ultimate goal is to have one machine control every aspect of everyone's life...but, let's get real here. We can at least wait for James Bond to explore this theory in a couple of films prior to putting it into practice in the real world.

[gggg sssss]

If they can get Yahoo for $2 - $3, then it is easiest to keep the search and ad business, fire everyone else. Cheaper than doing some kind of complicated deal.

[john55440]

A search-only deal of some kind would make sense for Microsoft.

Microsoft doesn't want/need all of Yahoo, and integrating the entire company into Microsoft would be a mess.

[JCPayne]

Don't forget Yahoo is a FreeBSD backend... Anyone remember Hotmail Microsoft wanted to changed it from Free BSD to NT... They had to halt the conversion because NT couldn't handle the load. Then Windows 2000 was still shaky for a long time.

MS Hotmail servers begin switch from FreeBSD to Win2k
By John Lettice, 1st August 2000 07:42 GMT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/08/01/ms_hotmail_servers_begin_switch/

MS moving Hotmail to Win2000 servers
Mary Jo Foley ZDNet.co.uk
Published: 03 Aug 2000 11:17 BST
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2080596,00.htm

[JCPayne]

What a great idea... Google will get Microsoft to blow billions on market share that they can't keep... . Great... I'll sign the deal for them.... Where does Yahoo need to sign Microsoft????