Yahoo May Consider Google Alliance?

[HardOCP News]

Anonymous sources are claiming that Yahoo is considering an alliance with Google as an alternative to entering a deal with Microsoft. Didn’t Yahoo already reject Google last year? Is this just an attempt to try to get more money out of Microsoft? No one really knows but it sure is fun to speculate.

The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday that Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt called Yahoo's chief executive Jerry Yang to offer his company's help in any effort to thwart Microsoft's bid.

 

[Azhar]

Wouldn't it be sheer hypocracy if Google was to accept Yahoo's offer even after telling Microsoft that it's wrong to do so?

I wonder what's going on in their heads right now. They must be sitting at their desk thinking up ways to take back what they said to Microsoft so they won't look so silly when they decide to buy.

 

[vengence]

Wouldn't it be sheer hypocracy if Google was to accept Yahoo's offer even after telling Microsoft that it's wrong to do so?

I wonder what's going on in their heads right now. They must be sitting at their desk thinking up ways to take back what they said to Microsoft so they won't look so silly when they decide to buy.

No, this is called standard operating procedures. Havn't you read Running a Multinational Company That is More Powerful Than Most 1st World Countries for Dummies?

 

[kush]

It does sound like an attempt at boosting the sale price, but come on boosting an already over-inflated price for a sub-par product? Billy makde plenty of money by buying out worthy competitors, not somebody that's not really even on the radar.

And to be honest, I don't see them fitting in with either suitor that well. MS search + Yahoo - maybe they think crap + crap = better than Google? And what does Google stand to gain from buying (or allying w/) Yahoo? They're got G-Mail. There is the customer info from Yahoo's shopping portal (didn't they get out of that recently?) I guess...

 

[Azhar]

It does sound like an attempt at boosting the sale price, but come on boosting an already over-inflated price for a sub-par product? Billy makde plenty of money by buying out worthy competitors, not somebody that's not really even on the radar.

And to be honest, I don't see them fitting in with either suitor that well. MS search + Yahoo - maybe they think crap + crap = better than Google? And what does Google stand to gain from buying (or allying w/) Yahoo? They're got G-Mail. There is the customer info from Yahoo's shopping portal (didn't they get out of that recently?) I guess...

Billy no workie in Microsoft no more.

 

[Cinge]

I wouldn't count Bill out of Microsoft too fast.

Has Yahoo got that much better over the years that it's worth what Microsoft is wanting to pay? They never seemed to be worth a crap to me. I know I can't stand anything Yahoo. Sounds to me like it would be a really bad investment of a good chunk of Microsoft. I mean 46B is a lot even for Google.