Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

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Author: Andy Random
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Vic wrote:

>> Is yahoo really worth as much as that ?
>
> The price is 62% above market value, according to that bastion of
> journalistic excellence, The Register.


Yes that's what the BBC said as well.

> Sounds like MS *really* want Yahoo. This smacks of desperation.


That was my reading of the offer, I've been reading for a while that M$
are concerned about how to compete with Google, I guess this is their
defence strategy.


Andy