http://laughingsquid.disqus.com/a resource for art, culture and technologyenSun, 06 May 2007 05:48:58 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/microsoft-looking-to-purchase-yahoo/#comment-1807786<p>Microsoft is considering acquiring Yahoo! in what could be a $50 billion deal.</p><p>Well, search engine will be dominated by Microsoft and Google. Who have more innovative ideas will win. Microsoft is good at following and take over.</p><p>Apart from USA market, China is 2nd largest market in the world. China will be replacing USA as the largest internet market in 2010 by having 200 Million on the line.</p><p>Why buy Yahoo, can consider to buy Baidu, which is the largest search engine in China, taking 53% of market share. Li KaiFu, its CEO mentioned in near future, there will be no place for overseas company.</p>bingSun, 06 May 2007 05:48:58 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/microsoft-looking-to-purchase-yahoo/#comment-1807785<p>Actually, the competition is on advertisement. Microsoft is behind on this, the rest of stuff Google is ot advanced. <br>Google is good at innovating, Microsoft is good at following as before. <br>Buying Yahoo, sounds a good idea, depending how much Yahoo can accept.</p>bingSat, 05 May 2007 11:10:02 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/microsoft-looking-to-purchase-yahoo/#comment-1807782<p>I think its only a matter of time before Microsoft turns into IBM, where they are so big, and so scattered that they don't know how to turn a profit... but as long as they keep up with their shady business tactics, their lawsuits, copyrights, and overall Evil Empire intentions... I will still be worried.</p>ChrisFri, 04 May 2007 21:17:35 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/microsoft-looking-to-purchase-yahoo/#comment-1807783<p>I don't think that Microsoft needs Yahoo to compete. Despite all of google's advancement, they still rely almost solely on AdWords for revenue. It's only a matter of time before somebody beats them at their own game. At best, the merger between Yahoo and Microsoft only speeds up the process by a few years.</p>Ian MuirFri, 04 May 2007 18:57:10 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/microsoft-looking-to-purchase-yahoo/#comment-1807784<p>Does anyone else find it humorous that Microsoft will need Yahoo to rival Google? That makes Google worth two companies.</p>CodyFri, 04 May 2007 18:03:05 -0000