Comments on: Microsoft officially declined Yahoo takeover

By: tucker

tucker — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:33:20 +0000

your a idiiot. the grandmar police

By: nameless pharaoh

nameless pharaoh — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:40:43 +0000

All this talk about Martin’s english is making me hungry for china Bistro…i mean China Bistro…whewwww…(did i spell that wrong)?

By: lord roccor

lord roccor — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:55:18 +0000

Good move MS!

By: djfayt

djfayt — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:28:04 +0000

@18: YHOO down 4 points already just an hour into trading sessions today at 23.90. They were around 27-30 range when this whole thing started.

John C Dvorak http://dvorak.org/blog , take a drink, is where I first heard the idea and I think he’s right that Microsoft will watch Yahoo fall to 10 bucks and then buy them for a steal. This deal isn’t a Microsoft lose, folks.

What is a fail for M$ is their straying away from their core business WINDOWS and trying to get into Advertising via Search which is stupid for them. They have tried and failed twice now with Live sucking. This is why we have Vista. They spend all their money and talent chasing Google instead of concentrating on their CORE business. This is great news for Linux though since Ubuntu is a viable desktop OS for PC users who aren’t gamers. The only thing missing from Linux is game support(rather DirectX support). PC Gamers should start supporting companies that use OpenGL primarily like ID, Blizzard, etc. DirectX is whats keeping gaming from the other two popular PC platforms: Mac & Linux.

By: gthfgh

gthfgh — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:19:33 +0000

What, yahoo is still around? I dunno anyone who still uses their junk anymore. It would have been a waste of money for MS. They’re going down the drain anyways.

By: nano

nano — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:14:22 +0000

You are right. It’s a sad fact that the stock was languishing before MSft made the offer and it’s a sure thing that the stock will open down in price in the morning. I can’t see what will drive the Yahoo stock price back up any time soon since no one else is likely to want to buy it. Google would probably love to buy it but they know that would never make it through the FTC/Justice Dept approval.

The other interesting part of this change in the Msft/Yahoo deal is that it will likely be a good thing for the Microsoft stock price. They were overpaying for Yahoo and it kept the Msft stock price down (though it might have been good in the long run for the stock) and the Microsoft stock should go up this week.

By: Tudors&3.avi

Tudors&3.avi — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:30:16 +0000

This is not a win for Yahoo, when it was first announced that Microsoft was interested in Yahoo, the stock price shot up, now that there is no interest this POS will go down, nobody else wants Yahoo, Microsoft was doing them a favor, $33 per share was a great offer, look for Yahoo to tank tomorrow could go as low as $19, then Microsoft can get them for way cheap, how stupid is Yang, another win for the almighty Microsoft.

By: Rocketz

Rocketz — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:30:08 +0000

Yahoo is dead anyway. Would have been a bad investment from the start. Their Yahoo GO technology which is supposedly their next big thing is REALLY pathetic. I give yahoo a couple of years before the company gets bought out and chopped up

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:46:56 +0000

Awwww, Poor little Bill, Bulmer and Big Bad Microsoft not getting their way….GOOD! Nice to see that someone still has the balls to stand up to MS.

By: Need2Research

Need2Research — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:43:32 +0000

In my limited knowledge of the subject I read this as a plus for the World in general. This however looks like it will hurt Yahoo stock holders but I commend Yahoo for the bravery to sacrifice itself (willingness sell key tech to Google) rather than be overtaken. After all does anyone trust Billy Gates or believe his “charity” work is for the good of mankind!?!? He’s a Bilderberger after all!

By: Respect-My-Authority

Respect-My-Authority — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:55:15 +0000

Actually, it could also be written, “Martin, improve your English!”, or “Martin! Improve your English.”

Just a thought.

By: MiRKED

MiRKED — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:39:21 +0000

The headline for this article makes it sound like Yahoo was trying to takeover Microsoft… it should have been worded a bit more like “Microsoft officially WITHDRAWS Yahoo takeover offer”.

^^^^thank you!^^^^^^^ i was thinking the same thing.title change please!

By: ronny is a scholar

ronny is a scholar — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:09:15 +0000

or rather-

Martin, improve your English.

By: The Grammar Police

The Grammar Police — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:05:12 +0000

@4 Yeah, Ronny. That should read “Martin – improve your English”

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:51:38 +0000

Wow, Microsoft didn’t get something it wanted. That must be a new experience for them.

It bothers me to think that a company like Microsoft can just come in and try to take over a company that clearly doesn’t want to sell to them.