Comments on: Microsoft places bid on Yahoo http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-places-bid-on-yahoo/ Words of an ex startup CEO Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: sealed bid http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-places-bid-on-yahoo/#comment-4445 sealed bid Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:06:06 +0000 http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-places-bid-on-yahoo/#comment-4445 [...] Brand New factory sealed. US $1.35 (2 Bids) End Date: Saturday Nov-07-2009 8:15:18 PST. Bid now ...Microsoft places bid on Yahoo | anders.tyckr.comRecent news say, Microsoft has bid $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo in a combination of cash and stock. [...] […] Brand New factory sealed. US $1.35 (2 Bids) End Date: Saturday Nov-07-2009 8:15:18 PST. Bid now …Microsoft places bid on Yahoo | anders.tyckr.comRecent news say, Microsoft has bid $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo in a combination of cash and stock. […]

]]> By: John Sjölander http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-places-bid-on-yahoo/#comment-11 John Sjölander Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:54:27 +0000 http://anders.tyckr.com/2008/02/01/microsoft-places-bid-on-yahoo/#comment-11 I think it was inevitable. The timing was just perfect. M$ has talked about being committed to search and internet advertising as their #1 priority for a couple of years. Yahoo! has a dip, and I guess that's what sealed the deal. I agree on your obsevations. And it's not only about prefering to be open. It's the one way to go. If M$ becomes the closed Internet company they will loose the game. Period. I think it was inevitable. The timing was just perfect. M$ has talked about being committed to search and internet advertising as their #1 priority for a couple of years. Yahoo! has a dip, and I guess that’s what sealed the deal.

I agree on your obsevations. And it’s not only about prefering to be open. It’s the one way to go. If M$ becomes the closed Internet company they will loose the game. Period.

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