Microsoft Steps Further Away from Yahoo: Proxy Board Let Go, WSJ Reports

That's what yahoo gets for putting such a high value on a sinking ship. I guess AOL will probably get a new partner soon.

MSFT is going to wait and let Yahoo! tank and then buy it cheaper...MSFT is not dumb.

I am so relieved that Yahoo is still Yahoo. I use it so much for finance news/email/groups/sports/flickr/pipes etc.. that I was thinking ...'There goes the neighborhood' when MS was thinking of buying them out. This is a big win for all the user community. Wall St and Investment banks are not happy and will use their media slaves to voice shock and punish yahoo for not doing this deal. They lost their lunch on this.. so gloom and doom reports are expected.. who cares.... Too all the developers at Yahoo.. I am thanking them for their efforts and hope they stay the way they are. Tie up with google/apple and look for that one amazing innovation that can bring out the next quantum leap in internet technology! Yahoo pipes.. make that into something that companies can buy and use internally...Google did that with their google appliances....

yhoo at 33 where does masft sign $$ ?? yhoo will reach them at 35 deal closes at 34 soon yang learned his leason

It's purely a business decision on MSFT part. YHOO believes they are strong enough to weather the media wars and GOOG, so be it, wish them well, but history has proven them to be losing the war with a diminishing cash flow. When this "recession" (or whatever we will determine it to be in hindsight) clicks off, the ad spend will heat up again, and they better be ready to perform. Money buys invention and brain power so who do you think has the wherewithal to fund it? Gates is out shopping now for hungry programmers and innovators, increasing his quota on worker visas. It's a business just like any other....do you think your boss keeps you around because you're dumb and lazy? (Maybe if you're related, but that's another issue....)

Yahoo will will down at 23-24 again, and could not gain more until one more talk between yahoo and Mircosoft. This is just the game that both party try to play one to another. Microsoft knew other party's culture and behavior in business, so Microsoft will play hard and straight to turn other party being controlled. On the contra, Yahoo also did a research to other party and play their own game to get what they want. I suspect that Yahoo and Mircosoft will be end up with merging in One technology, but long time processing. Trust me, it would be more than a year to finish the deal. For me, I would like to sell Mircosoft out, either Yahoo does if I have share with those. Wait and see, otherwise, buying yahoo for shorterm. Yahoo estimates range maximum between $25-27

One more thing I want to say that Google is not going to let Yahoo and Mircosoft mering because of fear factor. Google will offer some good deals like better ad. and web run to Yahoo. When Yahoo agree it, Yahoo will be in jail cell that never get out. Yahoo will be lost their momentum either way. If sale to Mircosoft, Yahoo is still yahoo. If business with Google, Yahoo will be history