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    10 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn’t Buy Yahoo

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    May 28, 2012
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      110 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn’t Buy Yahoo

      1by Eric Lundquist

      210 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – 10 Reasons Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo

      2

      Part 1: 10 Reasons Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo

      310 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Competitor Ahead

      3

      1. Only way to get within spitting distance of Google’s lead in search

      410 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Its Only Money

      4

      2. Much more exciting than buying $50 billion in U.S. savings bonds

      510 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Corporate Culture Merge

      5

      3. Possibility that Microsoft could once again be seen as a cool place to work

      610 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Hang In There

      6

      4. Will give Microsoft time for Ray Ozzie’s Web strategy to work

      710 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Boss Symbol

      7

      5. Steve Ballmer is a better boss than Terry Semel

      810 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Fishin Time

      8

      6. Time for Jerry Yang and David Filo to stop pretending to sumo wrestle and go fishing

      910 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Farm District

      9

      7. Microsoft can turn all of Washington state into one big server farm; Yahoo can’t do that for California

      1010 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – ! Ahead

      10

      8. Microsoft can change its name to “Microsoft!”

      1110 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Exit

      11

      9. All the Yahooligans can finally cash out and act like grownups

      1210 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Media Merger

      12

      10. For an extra $5 billion, Microsoft can buy the Wall Street Journal and get a favorable story about the merger on Page 1 next to the article about Google actually being run by aliens

      1310 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – 10 Reasons
      Microsoft Should Not Buy Yahoo

      13

      Part 2: 10 Reasons Microsoft Should Not Buy Yahoo

      1410 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Caution: Obscurity Ahead

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      1. Microsoft’s acquisitions always get consumed and disappear into the Redmond maw

      1510 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Yahoo Dr.

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      2. Microsoft would rename Yahoo as Microsoft Search Engine 1.0

      1610 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Historic Web District

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

      1710 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – One Way

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      4. Sunny Sunnyvale and rainy Redmond will never mix

      1810 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Thruway Closed

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      5. Big technology acquisitions never work

      1910 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Yield With Notes

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      6. Ballmer won’t be able to resist telling the Yahooligans how to do their jobs

      2010 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – No Do-Overs

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      7. Microsoft execs will be angry when they realize it was Google and not Yahoo that bought YouTube

      2110 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – Speed Limit

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      8. Microsoft execs will be angry when they find the Yahoo infrastructure running on open source outperforms Microsoft operations running on Windows

      2210 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – IE Only

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      9. Bill Gates will insist that Yahoo be made to work only on Internet Explorer

      2310 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – ZZZ

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      10. Yahoos will be reduced to boohoos as Ray Ozzie presents a million-slide PowerPoint presentation on the excitement of Microsoft Live!

      2410 Reasons Microsoft Should/Shouldn`t Buy Yahoo – See More Slideshows Like This One

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