Microsoft went public for a whopping a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo.
With Bill Gates retirement in Microsoft’s day to day operation – I think this is the right time for them to shift their focus from the classic desktop related software to the new paradigm in computing – the cloud based services and applications.
In case this acquisition happens, I’m more excited as it will benefit us consumers and users as other competing companies will surely be more aggressive as well.
I have many private write-ups related with this topic and I’m really looking forward to a future dominated by my two favorite companies Google and Apple :)
Comments
Microsoft are not innovators
I'm with Google in the opinion that if Microsoft bought Yahoo it would stifle online innovation rather than expand it. Microsoft are such a traditional company and are known for their underhand business practises that I can't believe the acquisition would benefit the majority of the internet users out there. Of course there will be some effect but right now Yahoo are great innovators, I can't see Microsoft pushing any boundaries at the moment. Instead it fills me with fear. I hope Yahoo holds out and sells to a more forward thinking company.
Altavista or Netscape
You are right Dude. I hope Yahoo will not become yet another Altavista or Netscape.