Microsoft Circles Back to Yahoo With New Offer

[yesthattom]

As I predicted, and others claimed I was wrong (and then others claimed I was wrong about claiming that others said I was wrong), Microsoft has come back with another offer. It isn’t a hostile take-over bid, but they are definitely aren't done yet.

Comments

[crs.livejournal.com]

I didn't claim that you were wrong - I claimed that you were misreading the article you cited as evidence in support of your claim. :)

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

And I agreed. And you (Tom) never responded...

silver lining

[noglider.livejournal.com]

The silver lining in this take-over attempt is what it means. I believe it means that Microsoft is admitting that its online services are a failure.

The corollary from that MIGHT BE that this giant has finally begun teetering and will fall in the foreseeable future.

Re: silver lining

[shandrew.livejournal.com]

From a financial growth standpoint, Microsoft has been teetering for the past eight years (pretty much since Ballmer took over). If you compare a 5 year stock chart of MSFT versus YHOO, GOOG, ADBE, AAPL, etc, it's a pretty sad story for Microsoft, especially considering their web browser market share and engineering talent.

[nooks.livejournal.com]

Does it really count as a prediction given that it's not really falsifiable?

I guess it might be possible to wait until Yahoo! or Microsoft cease to exist, but in the short run it's always possible to claim that Microsoft just hasn't bought Yahoo! yet.

I think your theory that this all represents a conscious effort on the part of the media to bury an obvious story to sell more newspapers or whatever is totally bogus. As the famous physicist said, it's not even wrong.