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Title: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mungeclimber on February 19, 2008, 11:42:20 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23237868/

End of the world is nye.


4 horsemen are drawing near.  (Salad, Uber, Feral, and Munge)


wth is 'nye' anyways? probably mispelled.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mynameismud on February 19, 2008, 02:01:58 PM

If Yahoo falls I will probably give up my Yahoo account and go with the Google solution.

out of the frying pan and into the fire....

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: F'ueco on February 19, 2008, 03:01:36 PM

Did you mean nigh?

I'd have to ditch my Yahoo email and use Gmail...

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mynameismud on February 19, 2008, 03:21:18 PM

Being in IT the one part of this deal that keeps going through my mind is how the two companies deal with their IT centers.  I think, as many people do, Microsoft and Yahoo are a world apart.  If this merger happens it could be ugly from a business stand point.  Many of us in IT think that from an IT point of view it will be even uglier.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mungeclimber on February 19, 2008, 05:15:31 PM

Yoohoo has a strong brand. Migration, if it were to happen, would take a long time after purchase.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mynameismud on February 19, 2008, 06:04:03 PM

I have heard that before.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mungeclimber on February 21, 2008, 08:18:24 AM

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/interoperability/default.mspx

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mynameismud on February 21, 2008, 10:51:01 AM

I will believe it when I actually see it.  MS has the worst track record out there for interoperability with other vendors and working with existing standards.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mungeclimber on February 21, 2008, 12:59:29 PM

Quote from: My Name is Mud on February 21, 2008, 10:51:01 AM

I will believe it when I actually see it.  MS has the worst track record out there for interoperability with other vendors and working with existing standards.

There's nothing to believe. "it" is your own expectation.

This seems to be driven primarily by the EU courts from what I can tell in the article.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mynameismud on February 23, 2008, 11:38:43 AM

This says it all...

“Some aspects of the two cultures will naturally merge quickly and some will remain unique in the near-term and merge more slowly over time.”

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mungeclimber on February 23, 2008, 01:17:40 PM

Quote from: My Name is Mud on February 23, 2008, 11:38:43 AM

This says it all...

“Some aspects of the two cultures will naturally merge quickly and some will remain unique in the near-term and merge more slowly over time.”

no different than other combination.

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mungeclimber on February 26, 2008, 04:13:08 PM

for feral

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Title: Re: MS drinks up Yoohoo
Post by: mynameismud on February 26, 2008, 05:57:50 PM

Dam, Shazam!