Showing posts with label prediction 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prediction 2007. Show all posts

Friday, February 01, 2008

Microsoft Buys Yahoo..A Pondering Primate 2007 Prediction


scott p. shaffer
So I was off by a month for this prediction. Is it too little too late?

After reading Nicholas Carr's Big Switch, I wonder if Microsoft buying Yahoo is too little, too late. As more of the computing world goes and performs online, the PC becomes irrelevant.

Microsoft To Buy Yahoo For $44.6B

Microsoft buying Yahoo was one of my 2007 Predictions.

10. Microsoft buys Yahoo

In an effort to take on Google, Microsoft buys Yahoo.

For $44B, what should Microsoft have bought instead?

The better question though is....what does Google buy to up the ante?

Friday, May 04, 2007

Microsoft Buys Yahoo?.. 2007 Pondering Primate Prediction Possible?

Scott Shaffer

From Washington Post Microsoft Eyes Yahoo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. has stepped up its pursuit of a deal to buy Yahoo Inc., two newspapers reported on Friday, as the two companies reenter talks to strike a deal amid huge growth from rival Google Inc.

2007 Primate Predictions

10. Microsoft buys Yahoo

In an effort to take on Google, Microsoft buys Yahoo.

Doesn't seem that far fetched now.

What are the other predictions for 2007?