Comments on: Now What? Yahoo’s Got Options, But Analysts Say The Best Ones Involve Third Parties

By: Observer

Observer — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:03:46 +0000

The time is right for Microsoft to take on google where it hurts google the most, with Google coming up big time with cloud computing using the internet based office apps there is no way Microsoft can ignore this oppurtunity to gobble up Yahoo…Mr Softee is succmbing to his ego and as the end result trying to pull a Jerry yang for Microsoft

By: keith marks

keith marks — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:48:30 +0000

Why not just combined forces on the search side? Multiple paid search systems vs. combining to reach both sites/networks would increase revenue substantially for both Microsoft and Yahoo. Then, both sides can work together to improve the search product to compete with Google. If that works, an outright takeover of Yahoo could be the next step. Thoughts?