Comments for C. Janine Hodge http://cjaninehodge.com/blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Microsoft-Yahoo: An Upset In The Making? by Janine http://cjaninehodge.com/blog/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-an-upset-in-the-making/#comment-3 Janine Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:14:55 +0000 http://cjaninehodge.com/blog/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-an-upset-in-the-making/#comment-3 There is some commentary in one of articles regarding Microsoft statements about fiscal savings via elimination of redundancy. My guess is that Yahoo 360 would be axed. Yahoo Groups... maybe. Yahoo Groups arguably runs more smoothly that Microsoft's counterpart. FlickR would likely be retained, as I can't think of any currently existing Microsoft counterpart. The instant messenger would be folded in to Live Messenger, I guess, since there is already a degree of cooperative play between the two. I don't even want to think about the Microsoft "throw mud at the wall and see what sticks" approach of patent application / litigation vs. the Open Source libraries, etc. Honestly, as ubiquitous as Google is these days, I still do not wish to see such direct competition against them from Microsoft. Not because I have any fear that Microsoft would ultimately prevail, but rather because this is yet another good example of why their business tactics raise eyebrows. There is some commentary in one of articles regarding Microsoft statements about fiscal savings via elimination of redundancy.

My guess is that Yahoo 360 would be axed. Yahoo Groups… maybe. Yahoo Groups arguably runs more smoothly that Microsoft’s counterpart. FlickR would likely be retained, as I can’t think of any currently existing Microsoft counterpart. The instant messenger would be folded in to Live Messenger, I guess, since there is already a degree of cooperative play between the two. I don’t even want to think about the Microsoft “throw mud at the wall and see what sticks” approach of patent application / litigation vs. the Open Source libraries, etc.

Honestly, as ubiquitous as Google is these days, I still do not wish to see such direct competition against them from Microsoft. Not because I have any fear that Microsoft would ultimately prevail, but rather because this is yet another good example of why their business tactics raise eyebrows.

]]> Comment on Microsoft-Yahoo: An Upset In The Making? by Marc http://cjaninehodge.com/blog/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-an-upset-in-the-making/#comment-2 Marc Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:06:41 +0000 http://cjaninehodge.com/blog/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-an-upset-in-the-making/#comment-2 Fascinating. Thanks for sharing the news. This would be an interesting merger to say the least if it were to come to fruition. The added web presence Yahoo! would give Microsoft would certainly be very valuable to them. It's hard to say how valuable, though. There would have to be a tremendous amount of duplication between Yahoo! and MSN, wouldn't there? Where do all the extra resources go? Evidently, the real Super Bowl is between Microsoft and Google. But we probably knew that already, didn't we? Fascinating. Thanks for sharing the news. This would be an interesting merger to say the least if it were to come to fruition.

The added web presence Yahoo! would give Microsoft would certainly be very valuable to them. It’s hard to say how valuable, though. There would have to be a tremendous amount of duplication between Yahoo! and MSN, wouldn’t there? Where do all the extra resources go?

Evidently, the real Super Bowl is between Microsoft and Google. But we probably knew that already, didn’t we?

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