Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Embraces Google Instead

snydeq writes with a story from InfoWorld which says that "Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft and is instead nearing an agreement with Google. Yahoo's purported reason for breaking off the talks? That Microsoft was only interested in purchasing Yahoo's search business, not all of the company. 'Such a transaction would not be consistent with the company's view of the converging search and display marketplaces, would leave the company without an independent search business that it views as critical to its strategic future and would not be in the best interests of Yahoo stockholders,' the company said in a statement. The deal with Google allegedly involves Yahoo's search advertising business. The move likely will draw more ire from Icahn and may in fact remain part of the elaborate poker game between the two companies. Microsoft said this alternative transaction remains on the table and did not confirm that talks between it and Yahoo have concluded." Update: 06/12 23:58 GMT by T : CWmike writes "Just hours after saying it ended talks with Microsoft, Yahoo announced that it will start running advertising from Google alongside Yahoo search results. Yahoo expects the deal, which has a 10-year term, to generate $250 million to $450 million in operating cash flow during the first 12 months."

Re:Slashnot?

[setagllib]

Wow, in about 15 seconds that went from being a site I've never heard of, to the one site I have chosen as the worst I've seen in years. Sometimes you think you've learned to keep clear of horrible sites, but the lure of something Slashdotty is too strong to resist. Apparently its own maintainer agrees, as it hasn't been updated in two years.

By the way, for an actual good Slashdot side-site, http://www.seenonslash.com/ [seenonslash.com]

Re:Carl Icahn

[afabbro]

Also, in what way has Paul Allen failed? Seems to me he's doing rather well for himself.

Overall, sure, but he has certainly had his share of losers [businessweek.com]. For example, "BusinessWeek magazine calculated he had lost $US12 billion in the previous five years." [cyberiapc.com].

Re:Carl Icahn

[afabbro]

...and Jimi Hendrix was, in hindsight, wildly overrated.

cough I think you mean the Experience museum in Seattle, not Jimi himself ;-)

Re:Carl Icahn

[Otter]

No, I meant Jimi himself. Talented, creative guy, turned in probably the best performance at Woodstock, but still...

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Re:Godwins

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Boy, I only hope you know what you are talking about [yale.edu]... ;/

Re:Here's an idea

[mjwx]

QDOS -> MSDOS

Actually its:
CP/M -> QDOS (developed by MS) -> MSDOS (QDOS in a nice shrink wrapped package)

Re:Not surprising...

[SharpFang]

Try Yahoo search for a less popular term or check the last pages.

Yahoo indexes a 404 as a valid search result.