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| What would happen if MSFT bought Yahoo (Discussion)
Curious what anyone can predict will happen with Yahoo after a merger. Yahoo has a lot of open source running throughout the company especially their engineers.
I could imagine the howls of frustration and quickly scribbled resignation letters if MSFT bought them and then started forcing the engineers to use MS products.
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02101 | Seems like a pretty moot discussion after the news this weekend. |
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The OC | Agreed. The only question now is how much Yahoo's stock will drop tomorrow. |
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Their pre-market numbers this morning are already impressively bad. Off 6 bucks and falling. I can't wait for the opening bell.
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said by NOCMan  :Curious what anyone can predict will happen with Yahoo after a merger. Yahoo has a lot of open source running throughout the company especially their engineers. I could imagine the howls of frustration and quickly scribbled resignation letters if MSFT bought them and then started forcing the engineers to use MS products. As someone who worked for a company that was recently purchased by Microsoft, I can tell you it doesn't work how you think it works. |
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I suspect that MS will end up buying Yahoo anyway and, with Yahoo's stock price now increasingly depressed, at reduced cost. This may have been MS' plan all along. |
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| I doubt that has been the plan. Looking at the one year chart, share price is simply returning to roughly pre-offer levels. »finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=YHOO&t=1y
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will now be under intense scrutiny as he tries to deliver value greater than what the MS offer would have brought. ... as he settles shareholder lawsuits. |
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If MSFT bought Yahoo, I would hope MSFT brings in better engineers to fix an error on Yahoo sports site. I have sent Yahoo many e-mails about the problem and they fail to fix it. |
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Yahoo is rising from the pre-hours trading and Microsoft is falling, they'll be back where they were a few days ago before days end probably since those waiting to make their buck have moved on to something else they're trying to destroy.
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We'll it's obvious what MSFT is doing. They will get what they want.
But what will be Yahoo after their key engineers cash in their chips and leave? MSFT honestly has nothing to offer them other than cash and I'm sure some of them are not just there for the money.
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Microsoft + Yahoo!=Microhoo - Hah!
John C. Dvorak @ PC Mag
05.05.08 - said by Dvorak :
Microsoft shareholders should thank their lucky stars that the company is not merging with Yahoo! A $44 billion dollar merger of two honest-to-gosh behemoths is not something that would ever work in a million years. Just look at Microsoft's track record with mergers. For the most part, it stinks.
Earth to Microsoft: Yahoo! is not worth $44 billion. You could buy General Motors lock, stock, and barrel for $14 billion, name all the cars "Google Sucks," and get more bang for the buck. Heck, you'd have enough left over to buy Ford for around $16 billion, and you could name all those cars "Google Sucks More" and still have $14 billion left over for a big party.
Does anyone ever look at the market cap of these multinational firms for a reality check?
Microsoft wanted to oust the Yahoo! board of directors. It should oust its own. Geez. No wonder Linux is gaining ground on you guys.
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| Mr. Dvorak, as is typical for him, avoids a painfully obvious truth in those two examples. The combined market cap of GM and Ford isn't worth that of Yahoo because ... wait for it ... they're losing their asses! Both car makers are hemorrhaging cash and are saddled with expensive, long-term expenses (although they probably have an edge in terms of tangible assets).
If we're going to try to gauge the value of Yahoo, let's keep it in the same sector, John, and try to make reasonable comparisons.
As for the inevitability of Microsoft devouring Yahoo, we'll see. The due diligence and number crunching that took place over the past couple of months may have given them time to reflect outside of the heat of passion. They may be a lot of things, but I don't think they're stupid. |
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| ...yes, another car analogy. LOL.
Bloomberg is reporting that only a short time ago "Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang said he would be open to another bid from Microsoft Corp. or other companies at the right price."
The game is still afoot? |
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