They have already used Novell to sneak their way into Linux, so...
Handicapping Tech's Great Expectations, Part 2
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| Rather than simply predicting Internet merger mania, a safe but bland
| view, he sees Microsoft buying Yahoo!, IAC/InterActiveCorp or Time
| Warner's America Online, and MSN chief Steve Berkowitz running
| Microsoft's resulting media empire. "If Microsoft does not buy AOL,
| Yahoo! will, and failing that, AOL will go public, but the IPO will
| receive a lukewarm review," Battelle wrote.
|
| Microsoft is certainly in a position to buy big names. And AOL is
| very likely to be in play, even if its brand has been somewhat
| tarnished in recent years. If Internet stocks drop significantly
| during 2007, the chances of these scenarios playing out will
| increase correspondingly.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/technet/10331003.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/yg2olk
Speaking of buying one's way into the market:
Looking at the Impact of Cisco's Latest Acquisition
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| Microsoft, as we've noted, is banking on its new Vista operating
| system to enhance its core security offering. Along with OneCare,
| Vista is a major part of Microsoft's security push in the consumer
| space. The firm also believes that Vista's enhanced security will
| be a big draw for corporate customers. The Vista features are
| complemented by the email security technology Microsoft added
| with the acquisition of FrontBridge in 2005.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/070105/538_id.html?.v=1
That right. Offer security as a product, not a trait.
Related:
10 Reasons Why Microsoft Will Aquire Yahoo In 2007
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| Will it happen? To me it seems like a no brainer... If Microsoft
| hopes to compete in this new internet economy (contextual ads)t
| hey need a bigger chunk of the search market. Yahoo is the
| only option IMO.
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http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/12/16/10-reasons-why-microsoft-will-aquire-yahoo-in-2007/
Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo, Says Merrill Lynch
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| Microsoft should acquire Yahoo! in order to fend off Google and solidify
| the software giant's Internet presence, according to a Friday report by
| Merrill Lynch.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/23/microsoft-yahoo-0623markets04.html?partner=yahootix
Yahoo rejects Microsoft search offer
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| Yahoo CEO Terry Semel has revealed he recently rebuffed Microsoft's
| attempt to bag a stake in the company.
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| Although the Yahoo boss didn't confirm what form the speculated
| overtures took, he slapped down the idea Yahoo would be willing to
| let Microsoft take a stake in the company.
|
| According to a report in the Financial Times, Semel said: "Microsoft
| taking over Yahoo--that conversation has never come up."
|
| He added: "(We discussed) search, and Microsoft co-owning some of our
| search. I will not sell a piece of search--it is like selling your
| right arm while keeping your left; it does not make any sense."
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http://news.com.com/2061-10811_3-6071556.html?part=rss&tag=6071556&subj=news
If the WSJ says so, it must be true
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| MICROSOFT has been looking at a possible acquisition of the Yahoo online
| portal and search engine, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31460
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| The fight is on between the three internet search titans, after Yahoo's
| Terry Semel laid down the gauntlet to Microsoft saying the software
| giant's recently elevated ambitions in the search arena were a lost cause.
|
| "My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance. The
| search business has been formed," he said in an interview with the
| New Yorker's Ken Auletta."
|
| [...]
|
| "That crashing sound you hear, is a chair being thrown across an
| office in Redmond," said another (blogger).
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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/11eadcd4-e1a3-11da-bf4c-0000779e2340.html
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