Here’s an interesting nuget frm Cringelys weekly column:
And speaking of phones, last week Yahoo and Microsoft supposedly connected their instant messaging systems in a move that will eventually allow full interoperability, which was viewed almost universally as a defense against the threat of Google. Not so. It is all about phones.
There are a dozen or more healthy startups that already enable users to send instant messages from one IM system to another. What MSN and Yahoo quite specifically announced was the interoperability of their VOICE chat products, which of course also include text capabilities.
Cringley predicts that eventually all the major IM clients will work together on Voice to reduce costs. But isn’t it also possiable that Yahoo and Microsoft are are getting their systems working together because of a potential merger? Yahoo has been taking a beating lately in the market; their stock is near a two year low. Maybe their shareholders would accept a 35% premium over the current price - roughly $45 Billion.
2 Responses to “Microsoft and Yahoo - Merger Preparations?”
i think this gonna be huge!!, BTW…yahoo lost 10% of value 2 days ago.
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Good. I’m getting sick of using more than 1 messenger. It seems like everyone in this biz is using ICQ. But I can’t understand why when MSN is so much better.
I know there is programs like Miranda, Gaim and Trillian. But atleast I prefer MSN.
Just my 2 cents.