Well the talks are off for now.
Tempers flared, ties loosened and negotiations abandoned…at least for the weekend.
Let’s call the whole thing off shall we?
The proposed Microsoft purchase of Yahoo! may make for good theater, but it’s more disaster film and corporate drama. When two 800 lbs gorillas try to dance, someones banana always gets stepped on. The latest snag Friday was an insurmountable + $4 share demand that Yahoo! won’t budge from and Micro$oft wont meet. So get ready for banana splits all around this week.
This is one time I say, ‘Can’t we all just NOT get along?’
Microsoft buying Yahoo! will be just another super merger that makes the web smaller. The bigger these monsters get, the more narrow the public data pool becomes.
No, I’m not wringing the anti-corporate crying towel here folks. I’m Mr. Marketing remember? Hey let’s all get so rich we can buy Bill Gates breakfast, or better yet buy Bill Gates! However, my short hairs get stiff when the mega-powers start bowling for eyeballs at this level.
The only thing worse than Microsoft is Yahoo! — powered by Microsoft.
Get your spoons ready…
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