{"id":2513,"date":"2008-06-24T20:27:28","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T00:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2008-06-24T20:27:28","modified_gmt":"2008-06-25T00:27:28","slug":"microsoft-to-yahoo-i-just-cant-quit-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/06\/24\/microsoft-to-yahoo-i-just-cant-quit-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft to Yahoo: I just can’t quit you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, looky what we’ve got here: multiple rumours that the Microsoft and Yahoo talks are back on, although whether Microsoft is interested in an all-out acquisition again or just a search deal depends on whose sources you believe: Mike Arrington says the former<\/a> and Silicon Alley Insider says the latter<\/a>. I hate to say that I told you so, but… oh, who am I kidding — I love to say I told you so. Well, I told you so<\/a> (Note<\/strong>: Kara Swisher of All Things D says that<\/a> the latest rumours appear not to be true). <\/p>\n

In any case, whatever the truth of these specific rumours, I — like Kara<\/a> — continue to believe that a Yahoo purchase makes sense for Microsoft, and that the two should talk. And I think that the longer Yahoo’s stock price remains under pressure (which it seems likely<\/a> to do, given all the executive departures and general deck-chair rearranging that is going on) the more the software behemoth will want to own it and the more likely a deal becomes.<\/p>\n

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Well, looky what we’ve got here: multiple rumours that the Microsoft and Yahoo talks are back on, although whether Microsoft is interested in an all-out acquisition again or just a search deal depends on whose sources you believe: Mike Arrington says the former and Silicon Alley Insider says the latter. I hate to say that … <\/p>\n

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