Comments on: MicroHoo is not to be http://polizeros.com/2008/05/04/microhoo-is-not-to-be/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:56:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Daniel Rivera http://polizeros.com/2008/05/04/microhoo-is-not-to-be/#comment-152325 Daniel Rivera Mon, 05 May 2008 04:25:29 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/05/04/microhoo-is-not-to-be/#comment-152325 I had actually read that most (about +60%) unsolicited take-over bids between public companies such as Microsoft and Yahoo do not go through, meaning that this was supposedly no surprise either. I was never too keen on the whole MicroHoo thing, not out of utter dislike of Microsoft (coming from a Linux guy, I do respect Microsoft a lot). My stance on the whole thing could probably be better explained by a list I read in eWeek about "10 Reasons why Microsoft should/shouldn't buy Yahoo!", specifically, reason #3 (from the "shouldn't" side): "Microsoft would be better off spending its $50 billion on the next generation of technology instead of something two generations behind" Very well said. Microsoft still has a TON of cash on hand. Ballmer is a VERY smart guy and with that kind of resources they'll still able to find their footing, if they get their act together. Only sad thing is that we've missed the chance to see them change the name of the company to "Microsoft!". I had actually read that most (about +60%) unsolicited take-over bids between public companies such as Microsoft and Yahoo do not go through, meaning that this was supposedly no surprise either.

I was never too keen on the whole MicroHoo thing, not out of utter dislike of Microsoft (coming from a Linux guy, I do respect Microsoft a lot). My stance on the whole thing could probably be better explained by a list I read in eWeek about “10 Reasons why Microsoft should/shouldn’t buy Yahoo!”, specifically, reason #3 (from the “shouldn’t” side):

“Microsoft would be better off spending its $50 billion on the next generation of technology instead of something two generations behind”

Very well said. Microsoft still has a TON of cash on hand. Ballmer is a VERY smart guy and with that kind of resources they’ll still able to find their footing, if they get their act together.

Only sad thing is that we’ve missed the chance to see them change the name of the company to “Microsoft!”.

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