| What a joke. Google is just pi$$ed because they can't buy Yahoo because the merger would never be approved. |
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1 edit | Re: and let the mud slingling begin Microsoft responded to Google's arguments by saying that a merger with Yahoo would create a "compelling number two competitor for Internet search and online advertising" to market leader
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Of course Microsoft was asking the same questions when Google recently acquired Doubleclick-a known spy |
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 NPGMBR
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Arlington, VA | Sounds like Microsoft was thinking ahead on this. Maybe they're not as unintelligent as people often allude too. |
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| said by NPGMBR:Sounds like Microsoft was thinking ahead on this. Maybe they're not as unintelligent as people often allude too. No one's ever said that MS is unintelligent. They make buggy, bloated software. But their business practices have ALWAYS been extremely aggressive. From DOS to Windows to Internet Explorer to Yahoo.
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MS's Ballmer shoots back »news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2008020···d/142142
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer rebuffed Google 's accusations that an acquisition of Yahoo would be anticompetitive.
"Google's clearly got a dominant position," Ballmer said. "They have about 75 percent of paid search worldwide. We think this enhances competition and anything else would be less good."
Ballmer continued with a hard push as to how a deal with Yahoo will let Microsoft move faster in building out areas such as search, online services and online advertising.
"We are going to have to innovate like crazy," Ballmer said.
But he also stressed how long it could take for a Yahoo deal to eventually benefit shareholders. Ballmer said he looks at whether investments will pay off five to 10 years down the line, but investors often want to see results in three years.
"Sometimes those investments look smart, sometimes it takes a while for them to pay off," Ballmer said.
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Re: and let the mud slingling begin You sure about that? Seems you are trying to answer for the entire world. I'm sure there are a few milllion that have spedifically said that the folks running Microsoft were unintelligent! |
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