Yahoo might align with Google against Microsoft’s takeover proposal
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On Friday, we reported that Microsoft was attempting to acquire Yahoo, offering the company $44.6 billion for the takeover. Google isn’t taking the new threat lightly, so Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt called Yahoo’s CEO Jerry Yang on Sunday. Schmidt offered any help he could in order to prevent the buyout. But it’s possible this might be a ploy by Yahoo to get Microsoft to raise the bidding price.
The controversy behind the buyout partially stems from the fear that such a move would destroy Google and all other competitors in the long run. Microsoft used a similar method to get Windows users to use World wide web explorer instead of Netscape, but Google’s destruction might not be Microsoft’s intent. Disagreeing with critics, Microsoft states the takeover would create a solid second-place competitor in the World wide web search market.
Though we can’t predict the future, it’s clear Yahoo won’t be alone in the future. The question now is: what will Yahoo’s future name be? Yahoogle or Microshoo?
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