Analysts cynical of Microsoft-Yahoo deal
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| David Hallerman, a senior analyst at the research group eMarketer,
| said he saw many cultural problems and few strategic benefits with
| a Microsoft-Yahoo combination.
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| "There's too much overlap between Microsoft and Yahoo, and to try to
| merge the company cultures of two large companies like that in
| general is hard," Hallerman said.
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| [...]
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| Industry analyst Matt Rosoff with Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland,
| Wash., said the huge takeover was unlikely, noting that Yahoo would
| duplicate services Microsoft's MSN already provides, such as instant
| messaging and e-mail.
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http://www.9news.com/money/article.aspx?storyid=69371
Related (old):
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.
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| 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
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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.
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| "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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