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May 4th, 2008

Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?

Posted by Ed Burnette @ 3:44 pm

Categories: General, Microsoft

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Over the weekend, Microsoft announced that it was ending its bid to buy Yahoo!. The proposed deal, and its ultimate demise, was the subject of speculation for weeks. Now that it’s over, what do you think about the outcome? Are you happy with the decision for the two companies not to combine? Feel free to elaborate on your vote in the comments.

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo!: Good or bad?

  • Good (67%)
  • Indifferent (21%)
  • Bad (12%)

Total Votes: 1,389

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Ed BurnetteEd Burnette is a professional developer and author of several articles and books about computing including Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform, 2nd Edition. For disclosure of Ed's industry affiliations, click here or to view his full profile click here.

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Basics
We've seen the kind of tactics that Microsoft is pulling from other companies as well. Trying to branch out to a myriad number of other technologies, when you core technology is having problems is rea... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Krom597 Posted on: 05/07/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Almost certainly good  electronista | 05/04/08
Microsoft will morph into a media/entertainment company  fr0thy2 | 05/05/08
Internal drivers...  David Gale | 05/05/08
LOL...NT  socialism=nowhere | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  hpbear149 | 05/05/08
I made significant investment  Voodoo187 | 05/05/08
We build on FOSS  fr0thy2 | 05/05/08
FOSS is the future because it's about co-operation.  james.faction | 05/05/08
People use yahoo dev tools? wow!  pcguy777 | 05/05/08
Yahoo has led the way  jorjitop | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  cne@... | 05/05/08
Apple is a monopoly??  niallfromdublin@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  sokushi jonez | 05/05/08
No Microhoo for you:  spincitysd@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  ditkazbearz | 05/05/08
Don't count on that!  wblacroix@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  JayMar13 | 05/05/08
maybe microsoft did sell short on yahoo (and banked baby)  pcguy777 | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  dfarrich@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  mlrodman@... | 05/05/08
the smart employees who have vested should have sold! sold! sold!  pcguy777 | 05/05/08
Very Very Bad.........  chaz15 | 05/05/08
second place is not the same as second-rate.  james.faction | 05/05/08
Your expectations are unreal  TristanGrimaux | 05/06/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  jaimerh | 05/05/08
MicrSoft Needs to Fix VISTA and leave My Yahoo Alone  robertr@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  DV3 | 05/05/08
Yahoo! No Microhoo!!  rslutz@... | 05/05/08
Your right... Im sure only people in the USA have such brand loyalty  pcguy777 | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  lostjohn1 | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  lostjohn1 | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  pwhea@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  gesi28@... | 05/05/08
agreed  pcguy777 | 05/05/08
I like messenger  jns_45K@... | 05/06/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  ICEhole | 05/05/08
I agree  wells18 | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  grvdm@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  grvdm@... | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  SirCatlord | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  totefrosch | 05/05/08
RE: Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?  noodleweb | 05/06/08
There is something rotten in this poll  TristanGrimaux | 05/06/08
There is something rotten in this poll (revisited)  TristanGrimaux | 05/06/08
Where's the option for 'awesome'?  odubtaig | 05/07/08
Basics  Krom597 | 05/07/08

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