What if Microsofts buys Google and other websites ??? (Youtube,Paypal, Ebay, etc.)

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  1. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #41
    Ebay is only about 1/8 the capitalization of Microsoft even smaller than Yahoo, Google and Microsoft can easily swallow Ebay.

     
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    #42
    wow that would be crazy :p
     
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  3. wisdomtool

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    They are not crazy they won't, they will be those strategic to their goals like Yahoo, I doubt they will go beyond that. It is not easy to do an acquisition and manage it towards your strategy especially the size of Yahoo. That would keep them busy for quite a while. I doubt they would touch Ebay, it is a different category altogether.

     
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    Don't forget Google. MS has made a lot of enemies over the years and Eric Shmidt is one of them going way back to his days at Sun and Novell. Good article today in the NY Times about Google reaction and actions against MS/Yahoo deal.

     
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    #45
    I'm curious as what's going to happen when they purchase Yahoo!. They are smart, they must have a strategy to bring Yahoo! back.

    Yahoo! Answers is such a useful service, they should put a lot of emphasis on that.
     
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    #46
    that will never happen
     
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    They employed some of the brightest minds, but the aggregate of those intelligence does not seem to match Google's innovation, that's why they are bringing in Yahoo who at least have some foot hold in the arena they are competing. I do hope that they do not think they are smart enough to overrule Yahoo, but to work with them and decide on a better strategy. Despite Yahoo's problems they did have some bright areas.

     
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    Microsoft can't but Google as it would be too much for them
     
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