http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/05/04/yahoo-is-toast-and-yang-needs-to-be-fired/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/05/04/yahoo-is-toast-and-yang-needs-to-be-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-3970 chrisco Sun, 04 May 2008 18:40:12 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/05/04/yahoo-is-toast-and-yang-needs-to-be-fired/#comment-3970 The story is not over, that is for sure. In fact, this could be part of a Microsoft strategy to come back in at a lower price. And it presents a brief window of opportunity for another player. The story is not over, that is for sure. In fact, this could be part of a Microsoft strategy to come back in at a lower price. And it presents a brief window of opportunity for another player.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/05/04/yahoo-is-toast-and-yang-needs-to-be-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-3969 mel Sun, 04 May 2008 17:26:33 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/05/04/yahoo-is-toast-and-yang-needs-to-be-fired/#comment-3969 As a longtime user of Yahoo mail, Flickr and other Yahoo services and as a longtime user of Apple Macintosh OS and hardware, I am more than happy that the merger between Yahoo and Microsoft did not happen. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I am also against monopolies, and that is what Microsoft is. They don't need to play in this area nor become the town bully through a merger such as this. Too bad they never did what Google or Yahoo did 10 or 12 years ago. Just like everything else, Microsoft is just playing catch-up and only tries to take something through their immense wealth and power. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I am glad Yahoo stood up to them and held them off. Hopefully this is the end of this. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> As a longtime user of Yahoo mail, Flickr and other Yahoo services and as a longtime user of Apple Macintosh OS and hardware, I am more than happy that the merger between Yahoo and Microsoft did not happen.

I am also against monopolies, and that is what Microsoft is. They don’t need to play in this area nor become the town bully through a merger such as this. Too bad they never did what Google or Yahoo did 10 or 12 years ago. Just like everything else, Microsoft is just playing catch-up and only tries to take something through their immense wealth and power.

I am glad Yahoo stood up to them and held them off. Hopefully this is the end of this.

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