http://gigaom.com/2008/10/16/listen-to-ballmer-microsoft-does-want-yahoo/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2008/10/16/listen-to-ballmer-microsoft-does-want-yahoo/#comment-150300 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:22:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=25102#comment-150300 [...] and standing up for his self-esteem, or that his lawyers have had a quick chat with him after his comments a few weeks ago, when he said a Yahoo deal still made sense [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/10/16/listen-to-ballmer-microsoft-does-want-yahoo/#comment-150299 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:56:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=25102#comment-150299 I dont know about doing well, merging Y! and MS would be hell on earth for a few years easily. would be nice to see though, Goog needs the competition.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/10/16/listen-to-ballmer-microsoft-does-want-yahoo/#comment-150298 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:33:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=25102#comment-150298 Microsoft will certainly do well if it acquires Yahoo. Some of the reasons are: A great brand name on the Internet that is well established since the mid 1990s, users like me who are accustomed to doing a Yahoo search in addition to doing searches using Google, MSN, Ask.com and other search engines, and a Web site with popular features like geocities, Yahoo games, and chat. In addition to 275 million Yahoo e-mail users around the world.

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