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Microsoft has tabled a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo! in biggest internet deal since the dot-com crash.

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GregD
Feb. 1, 2008, 8:03 a.m.
Microsoft doesn't seem too concerned with the word "monopoly" now do they? Since I've never been directly affected or involved with takeovers like this, I'm a bit concerned that Microsoft would just run Yahoo into the ground. With the exception of .NET, Microsoft has faultered from day one with all things 'internet' and failed miserably at understanding where the internet was going.
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TimALoftis
Feb. 1, 2008, 9:18 a.m.
This has been in the rumor mill for sometime. At one time it was also believed that Microsoft had expressed interested in Time Warner's AOL division - the parent company of Propeller.
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tdrapeau
Feb. 1, 2008, 10:40 a.m.
I could see Microsoft buying Yahoo!, then having Yahoo be Microsoft Web Services. Yahoo! has certainly mastered the internet and internet applications in its lifetime, much more so than Microsoft, and this could take heat off MSN/Live/etc.
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Cityslicker
Feb. 1, 2008, 11:10 a.m.
Yahsoft , oh no there goes the neighborhood .
If Sir William Gates wants Yahoo bad enough it will happen !
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pongping
Feb. 1, 2008, 11:13 a.m.
Anybody wanna buy a teapot? I also have a couple of spoons, a fork, and a used napkin. I'll give ya a good deal.
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HitOdessit
Feb. 1, 2008, 3:49 p.m.
This can be the biggest deal in IT world ever
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Grand3
Feb. 1, 2008, 4:01 p.m.
This is the work of the younger generation, such as fathers, as chief designer Billy and Windows have already left voluntarily
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MidnightPrism
Feb. 1, 2008, 10:32 p.m.
yahoo.msn.com
You can now access both of your spam infested mailboxes at one easy location.
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studio
Feb. 2, 2008, 1:20 a.m.
The official release:
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.
http://news.taume.com/World-Business/Business-F...
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SurfAddict
Feb. 2, 2008, 4:35 a.m.
YahooSoft.com ...perhaps
$44.6 billion? huh...big value
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HS57
Feb. 2, 2008, 1:07 p.m.
I switched to a satellite internet service 9 months ago and immediately stopped receiving all spam related material. Recently I installed the Google toolbar into internet explorer and one day after, received a spam from some dirt bag in India claiming to be a Google representative. This tells me Google has no privacy protection and I uninstalled the toolbar and emailed Google to remove all references to my name from their database. I never had this problem with Yahoo or Microsoft. I hope Google disappears.
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ric6000
Feb. 2, 2008, 9:27 p.m.
I think this is great news, a big bite for Microsoft and serious competition for big G...
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chayanat
Feb. 3, 2008, 4:36 a.m.
Great ,will have adsense style by Microsoft ,let's imagine...
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mattpowell19
Feb. 3, 2008, 1:15 p.m.
I don't think that it matters all to much. Consider the following. Microsoft buys Yahoo. Ok, not a horrible move but bad no the less. Then in a year or two or maybe even less, Google just buys out Microsoft. So yeah it takes a nose dive down but then Google will come in and clean everything up. They are just waiting for the right time to do what they need to do.