MS drinks up Yoohoo

[mungeclimber]

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.

[mynameismud]

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....

[F'ueco]

Did you mean nigh?

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

[mynameismud]

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.

[mungeclimber]

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

[mynameismud]

I have heard that before.

[mungeclimber]

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

[mynameismud]

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.

[mungeclimber]

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.

[mynameismud]

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.”

[mungeclimber]

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.

[mungeclimber]

for feral

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

[mynameismud]

Dam, Shazam!