Rumors Flying On $20 Billion Microsoft Offer For Yahoo 112
gadgetopia is one of many who wrote to tell us about the many rumors flying around that Microsoft may be aiming another deal at Yahoo, this time for $20 billion. The story was apparently originally broken by the UK-based site Times Online, and contained lots of details about the supposed deal. Since then, Ross Levinsohn, reported to be part of the new management team, has denied there is any truth to these rumors, leading to questions about where all of this supposed information came from. Yahoo has declined to comment officially.
Hmmm. (Score:5, Funny)
44 billion to 20 billion.
Are they trying to actually buy the company or do they just happen to have cameras in place at the Yahoo Shareholders Meetings. Maybe Ballmer just wants to have some footage of some other hypertensive sweaty jumping exec to replace his favorite internet memes.
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
There's something you're overlooking -- neither Youtube.com nor Google Video allow the posting of porn. Yahoo! does, making it one of the few mainstream providers who do. After that you have specialty niche sites like redtube.com and pornhub.com.
Maybe Microsoft wants to get into cataloging porn? lulz.
Re:What the heck!? (Score:2, Funny)
Whoever mods parent Funny gets their privileges revoked.
Re:Sounds like pump-n-dump (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft has more cash than Jesus right now. They have nothing to worry about.
Not likely. According to this website [slashdot.org], in the year 2000 alone, American evangelical Christians raked in $2.66T (yes, that's trillion, no, that's not a typo.) If, according the site, 9% of these 'born-again' Christians tithed -- contributed 10% of their income -- then that should be about $23.94B in 2000 alone. If we count all 9 years between 2000 and 2008, and people are giving to Jesus at the same rates, I figure since 2000, Jesus must've raked in at least $200 billion or so, probably more. Let's be conservative and say the number is closer $300 billion.
That makes Microsoft's $30 billion or so in current cash (according to Google Finance) seem a bit puny in comparison, huh?
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
After that you have specialty niche sites like redtube.com and pornhub.com.
This, my friends, is why I love Slashdot. I learn something new every day!
Re:Sounds like pump-n-dump (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft doesn't want Google to not have Yahoo. Microsoft wants Google's cute sister.
Re:Hostile takeover (Score:5, Funny)
At his sister's wedding, Michael Corleone tells his then girlfriend Kay Adams the story of how Don Corleone helped his godson Johnny Fontane. Michael explains that his father went to convince Les Halley, the bandleader, to release Johnny from a personal service contract that was holding back Johnny's singing career. Halley refused both the initial offer of $20,000 and the following offer of $10,000, completely missing the significance of that lower offer.
You know what happened then.
Re:Sounds like pump-n-dump (Score:2, Funny)
It's not like God needs it?
Re:Sounds like pump-n-dump (Score:2, Funny)
Miracles are free, of course. Hell, Jesus' frickin' father supposedly created the flippin' Earth and everything on it in 7 days with $0!!! (Money hadn't been invented yet...) Certainly something as relatively mundane as turning water into wine must be even cheaper than free.