tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262896089589464453.post7523825112859785565..comments2023-11-02T04:15:21.843-05:00Comments on Mastering IT Strategy (SMG-IS714): Spring 2007: Microsoft + Yahoo > Google?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17743943841569898151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262896089589464453.post-33128931871749054032007-05-06T12:19:00.000-05:002007-05-06T12:19:00.000-05:00I'm also wondering how their technologies would in...I'm also wondering how their technologies would integrate. Yahoo's run mostly on open-source software; would Microsoft try to convert everything to the MS platform? It took them 3 years to convert Hotmail; it'd likely take much longer for Yahoo. But wouldn't it be embarrassing for them if they didn't?TRONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088635669140557186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262896089589464453.post-52920310529020035982007-05-05T09:08:00.000-05:002007-05-05T09:08:00.000-05:00Here is another article that questions the Microso...Here is another article that questions the Microsoft-Yahoo deal...<BR/><BR/>"David Hallerman, a senior analyst at the research group eMarketer, said he saw many cultural problems and few strategic benefits with a Microsoft-Yahoo combination.<BR/><BR/>"There's too much overlap between Microsoft and Yahoo, and to try to merge the company cultures of two large companies like that in general is hard," Hallerman said.<BR/><BR/>Hallerman said Microsoft would be better off buying an ad network to beef up its own operations, the same way Time Warner Inc.'s AOL has seen its advertising revenue grow following the acquisition of Advertising.com's technology and sales force.<BR/><BR/>Yahoo, meanwhile, would have lost the flexibility it needs to compete if it became one division within a larger company like Microsoft, he said."<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_yahoo;_ylt=AlI5vV5zrzoj5WJpbuViLfLMWM0F" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Analysts cynical of Microsoft-Yahoo deal</A>Phil Provosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11127246615500706712noreply@blogger.com