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Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

anony — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:21:31 -0000

Hei,
What google is giving to people except search.But MS gives nice experience to people by providing UI experience

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Jason — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:31:28 -0000

For that amount of money, Microsoft should look into innovative alternatives. Although, I will have to say I am impressed with Microsoft's business tactics.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Big J — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:32:40 -0000

Well, microsoft have desktop expertise and Yahoo second largest player in the internet though way behind google buit I guess together Microsoft and Yahoo can come up with some great innovations that could outshine google from all the market squares

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

MS — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:23:34 -0000

Since upgrading to MS Vista, my activation status reflect's this "Owned (by MS).
I am glad that Yahoo has the common decency to refuse total domination by MS (even if they do, I have to admit make half decent O'S.s - XP for example).

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

hhhh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:59:42 -0000

Yahoo and microsoft together can work more efficiently. yahoo can provide new services to it's mail users. So it is a good proposal for yahoo to make colaberation with microsoft.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

gabriel — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:19:14 -0000

Yahoo + Microsoft = YahMic! but not just yet.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Guest — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:20:59 -0000

Since this article turrned up quite high on google, I might as well put add a wise comment. Yahoo was always Pretty and nice. Google was always fast. Microsoft always cut the options. Example: They took ages to increase capacity of their mail box. Google always tried to do something special and in an outstanding way. Fro example, Labels in Gmail. Yahoo + Google would bring beauty to google and intelligence to yahoo. Yahoo + Mocrosoft would be like a pretty lady pawned at a pawnbroker!
-Ravindranath Akila...

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Tuliopa — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:16:35 -0000

I think is a bad idea, microsoft + Yahoo will not be a problem to google, because microsoft only focus in the money that they can make, and not in user experience, Google is more friendship with people.

Each one has some special, Yahoo! services, Microsoft MSN and Google their search engine, the problem is microsoft that can make new things always copy others, they have money but not good ideas, look Facebook, Microsoft already had millions of user but never thought create a social comunity or gruops.

Microsoft has to focus in his original bussines, make a real, good and powerful Operation System, not make games and mp3 players or that garbege call Vista

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

by — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:14:37 -0000

it's not going to hsppen

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

warm — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:23:23 -0000

Yahoo Microsoft Logo, Is it ok with your eyes? http://wp.youthalivehigh.co...

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

breck — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:26:26 -0000

It's a very good idea for microsoft and yahoo to become one. Google's "Do No Evil" motto is in the past. Today Google is a public company and the main goal is to make money and that was the turning point for Google. A healthy competition is needed, google's search result have degraded rapidly over the past 2 years and it's just getting worse. The big question is: CAN MICROSOFT DO IT? or is the purchase yahoo going to be just another write-off.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

xplod — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:10:06 -0000

i nedd a miracle

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

tghfbt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:01:54 -0000

and what is terms of "license"? They license but didn't bought.
I'm sure M$ will make a something out of it.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

steph — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:17:20 -0000

yes, i absolutely think that yahoo should accept microsofts offer. this would be a successful combination.
in my opinion this expansion makes really sense.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

steph — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:40:33 -0000

yes, i also think that yahoo should accept microsofts offer. its gonna be an interessting expansion for both parts. in my opinion this makes sense.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Harl Delos — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:21:45 -0000

I guess I do question your assertion after all. That article indicates that Google DOES own its business model; it licensed that patent four years ago. Google gave Yahoo $300 million in shares which not only covered the license but also resolved an old dispute over stock warrants.

Although that patent doesn't really challenge Google's business model. Yahoo could have gotten many billions, if Google's entire business model could have been held hostage.

That patent is for using an auction to determine the *position* of paid results in a search engine. Google could get around that patent simply by using an auction to determine whose ads gets displayed, but not the order in which they are displayed.

Furthermore, that patent would appear to be unenforceable. Radio stations have sold advertising on an auction basis for decades; the idea of selling advertising online the same way would be obvious to anyone involved in advertising. A patent which covers something obvious (to people experienced in the field it covers) will not be upheld in court. Furthermore, Overture filed a defective application for the patent. As prior art, they give patent 5704560, which is a "concrete crusher with cutting shears". They probably meant 5704060, which is "text storage and retrieval system".

If Google had fought in court and won, Google's competitors would feel free to clone that sales mechanism. By licensing it, they avoid legal expenses, and leave a burden in the path of competitors.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Curt Monash — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:59:56 -0000

I think the opportunity for synergy and technical advancement is being way underestimated here. Better Twitter -- like what you and I discussed -- is just one part of one of the 19 opportunities I cited in http://www.texttechnologies... .

Best,

CAM

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

tghfbt — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:28:10 -0000

United States Patent 6,269,361, July 31, 2001
http://searchenginewatch.co...

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Robert Roehm — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:46:39 -0000

I just hope it doesn't happen, they'd cut Yahoo down, merging Yahoo Messenger into MSN Messenger. They'd also be forcing all Yahoo Groups to convert to MSN Groups, and sell off all adults-only Yahoo Groups to the ever-expensive $20-a-month-per-group, -per-user Worldgroups service. With so many people leav ing the service for their own Livejounals and Myspaces, Microsoft wouldn't have to worry about needing bandwidth for the groups.

Yahoo would work better with a media provider, yes, like Twitter.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

yahmic — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:37:24 -0000

Its going to be YAHMIC!!!

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Harl Delos — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:50:58 -0000

What's the patent number?

It's not that I question your assertion; it's just that I'd like to read the patent.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

tghfbt — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:15:40 -0000

Dave,

You forget one little thing.
Google doesn't own it's business model. Yahoo has patent throw acquisition of some company.
So when MS will get it's hands on it things would get interesting...

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Krista Neher — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:57:10 -0000

I literally laughed out loud when I read "The dead leading the blind".

Microsoft certainly doesn't have the best track record in acquisitions (ie. Hotmail, Driveoff.com) and doesn't appear to be very in tune with what its users really want (ie. Vista, most of the MSN sites?).

On a positive note (since nobody else seems to be) there is potential for synergies from leveraging Yahoo! web services with Microsoft capabilities in desktop and at home media. (Apologies for Buzzword overkill).

Also, in case you forgot to celebrate, Vista celebrated its 1 year anniversary on Jan 30.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Solo500 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:44:14 -0000

Aside from business considerations, Yahoo largely has a big usability advantage. MS specializes in the ugly stick. Not only ugly on the surface, ugly where it counts, that is their shit is designed by engineers for, who knows, other engineers.

I would love to be proven wrong by a more mature MS, whether it is led by Ray Ozzie or whoever. But anyone who remembers when the independent Hotmail was actually usable can see what this change will likely (with a high degree of probability) lead to.

Oh, and who knows how crummy Flickr could get?

In this case, I am hoping that MS surprises with sensible design practices. But I am not betting on it.

Re: Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)

Stanley_Krute — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:36:57 -0000

Search is not easy. MS and Yahoo search continues to be less good than Google search. Growing a larger org. won't make search easier/better. Search is Google's strategic franchise, and MS/Yahoo culture is not well-positioned to overtake them.