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[News] Google Partly Responsible for Microsoft/Yahoo Fall, Yahoo Turns to Openness

  • Subject: [News] Google Partly Responsible for Microsoft/Yahoo Fall, Yahoo Turns to Openness
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 09:28:39 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Google Ends Microsoft’s Yahoo Search

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| Microsoft and Yahoo were pushed to the brink of a multibillion-dollar 
| marriage and then to a sudden breakup this weekend by the same player. 
| 
| It was Google, in the odd dual role of both unwitting matchmaker and 
| self-interested spoiler.  
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/technology/06google.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

It ended up with a more benevolent Yahoo and a possible Yahoo/Google alliance
(some collaborations already under way).

Yahoo Open Strategy could be its salvation

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| One area where industry observers see hope for Yahoo is in its ambitious plan 
| to use the success of social networking in an initiative called Yahoo Open 
| Strategy. Under the plan, Yahoo will open all its sites, online services and  
| Web applications to outside developers, and give users a "social profile" 
| dashboard to unify and manage their Yahoo services.   
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=101058667&rid=-50

Is Microsoft Weaker After Failed Takeover Bid?

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| The cliché "Go big or go home" is a business philosophy that Microsoft's CEO 
| Steve Ballmer is used to embracing in a bear hug – nearly always, as is his 
| impetuous nature, on the side of going big.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| The rare defeat leaves Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) weakened, a pair of analysts 
| said, but nonetheless committed to continue forward on its own. Meanwhile, 
| some observers wonder whether the battle might not be over quite yet.  
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3744931

Either way, Microsoft got hugely distracted and lost $24 billion in market
value.


Yesterday (ish):

Microsoft's Yahoo foray signals its shaky grip on the desktop

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| Even after Monday's relief rally, Microsoft is worth some $24 billion less 
|                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| than it was before it bid for Yahoo on Feb. 1.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121002286060868719.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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