Bauer21 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Oooh Billy goes shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Looks like Barmy Ballmer is behind it. Don't know how they're going to do and better when their own search engine isn't much of a success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Maybe it's a way of reducing the opposition by aquisition. Waste of time I think, Google have won this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Nice way to piss away $billions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alias Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I know Yahoo is used little over here, but in Asia and other markets it has massive marketshare in the marktes its in (email, search, IM, flickr etc.). Yahoo's often underrated in the UK and Europe, people have grown up with\are used to MSN and Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 This is it really. Different markets use different products. For example, instant messaging in the UK is largely done by MSN, while in Europe ICQ is dominant and in America, AIM is the leader. I did some lookups on webmail usage around the world last week for something and if I remember right, Yahoo were the biggest worldwide too. It's a helluva price though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 It's a helluva price though. This is a great by the numbers account: http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/02/running-the-num.html eg: Value of each Yahoo visitor based on Microsoft's $44.6B offer: $1,200/visitor Nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 while in Europe ICQ is dominant That ICQ even still exists is far more earth shattering news than Microsoft bidding for Yahoo! Middle aged women talking about pets and baking, and the creepy stalker/troll friendly random chat feature - who knew these could form the basis of a thriving market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 That ICQ even still exists is far more earth shattering news than Microsoft bidding for Yahoo! I actually preferred the ICQ client before it turned into a bloated mess. Gradually though, everyone I knew migrated to MSN. I don't even run my client any more for old friends who didn't. Still massively popular in Europe though last I heard, but this may have changed in more recent times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I never saw MSN as that popular until recently, most people I knew tended to use Yahoo! Messenger. Granted the ICQ logo that turned into a cat was awesome, but the sheer number of different quacking, bell ringing, glass breaking and honking noises that it made whenever you received a message or file was enough to prejudice me against it. Having a conversation ended up sounding like a riot in a mental asylum, with ducks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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