Comments on: Yahoo, Time Warner reportedly discuss deal to thwart Microsoft bid

Internet company and media conglomerate have held talks on a deal designed to derail Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo, according to a Journal report.

[MyRightEye]

Is M$ aware of the users that will abandon Yahoo?

There's no way in God's green earth that I will use anything Yahoo
related if they are bought out by MS. Surely others feel the same
way. Does MS not understand this? All they will do is kill a
competitor. Maybe that is enough for them.

[Robert_Allan]

at least spice up your post with some speculation

Well, what percentage of the Yahoo! user base do you think would leave? It's hard to imagine more than some number (as a percentage of installed OS base) larger than a subset of the the installed user base of Linux and OS X.

The executives at MS aren't as stupid as reading reader comments on web sites would lull you into believing.

[devon.leslie]

Abandon Yahoo for what?

Whether users stay with Yahoo or not is their perogative - but considering the only viable alternative to Yahoo Instant chat (in terms of offering and functionality) is Microsoft Live, what choice do users really have? I hear a lot of fans shouting 'Google' these days, but apart from a superior web-based email system, I have yet to see anything of real consequence from the owner of YouTube. I cite YouTube because it's quite apparent that although Google owns it, they have absolutely no idea what to do with it considering it hasn't changed one iota.

[jshee42]

Let me guess....

You're a mac-**** or linux-geek, right? The average user won't care WHO owns Yahoo, just that it still exists. I pride myself in being a geek. I pride myself for being proficient on more than one OS, but if something like this happened, I wouldn't stop using Yahoo just b/c it changed ownership. That's just the rational of someone who can't see the bigger picture.

[Miked350z]

Me either

There are allot of folks that are in the same boat. Its very easy for
me to get my news and mail and instant messaging from
somewhere else. Its not like I have to lift anything heavy to make it
happen. MS buys yahoo, and I am gone too. Oh.. and yes.. I am in
a windows free env. both at work and at home.