Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 07 Feb 2008, 05:04

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6228 ... ag=nl.e550

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Feb 2008, 16:10

I read about that.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Feb 2008, 05:38

Yahoo rejects the bid
http://news.filefront.com/yahoo-to-reje ... on-monday/

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Feb 2008, 05:44

I bet MS will get them eventually. MS don't often fail when they want something and lets face it Yahoo needs MS as much as MS needs Yahoo.

I think this will be a good thing, giving us an alternative to Google, which is fine but competition should lead to better products.

I just hope MS don't kill off Yahoo Mail as Hotmail sucks. I much prefer the Yahoo Mail interface but crucially it offers a POP3 Server which is a must have for me. Hotmail's sync capabilities are just woeful and not only lock you into MS products but are dreadful anyway. A standard POP3 server is much more efficient. I'm sure MS don't offer a POP3 server deliberately.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 19 Feb 2008, 03:33

MS responds to Yahoo's rejection.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Feb 2008, 03:47

Thanks.

I saw on the News AOL are now talking to Yahoo. Surely Yahoo realise Microsoft will take the company in better directions than AOL can manage, unless they're just against a Micosoft buy out.

It will be better for the consumer, than AOL anyway. It will make Microsoft a much stronger player. I think Yahoo is number 2 next to Google in the Search Engine business. We all know how lacklustre MSN and Windows Live search engines are.