Comments on: Yahoo Rejects Microsoft’s Initial Offer http://www.davidtucker.net/2008/02/11/yahoo-rejects-microsofts-initial-offer/ web development goodness Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brian Rinaldi http://www.davidtucker.net/2008/02/11/yahoo-rejects-microsofts-initial-offer/#comment-806 Brian Rinaldi Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:35:12 +0000 http://www.davidtucker.net/2008/02/11/yahoo-rejects-microsofts-initial-offer/#comment-806 I have to say that except for the MS-hating crowd this isn't likely to prove-out to be a good decision for either Yahoo shareholders or the company and its employees. Unless it was simply a bargaining chip, this will likely end in Yahoo! no longer being an independent entity anyway - but only once the business continues to degrade - meaning there won't be as much left behind. No one else wanted Yahoo. All the other potential buyers ended up declining to bid...and Google? It is certainly not out of good graces that they oppose the MS/Yahoo merger. Google is essentially a monopoly and has begun to behave like one...which means, in part, protecting their monopoly. I would expect a shareholder lawsuit (and that the deal may happen anyway). I have to say that except for the MS-hating crowd this isn’t likely to prove-out to be a good decision for either Yahoo shareholders or the company and its employees. Unless it was simply a bargaining chip, this will likely end in Yahoo! no longer being an independent entity anyway - but only once the business continues to degrade - meaning there won’t be as much left behind. No one else wanted Yahoo. All the other potential buyers ended up declining to bid…and Google? It is certainly not out of good graces that they oppose the MS/Yahoo merger. Google is essentially a monopoly and has begun to behave like one…which means, in part, protecting their monopoly.

I would expect a shareholder lawsuit (and that the deal may happen anyway).

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