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The recent hostile takeover offer by Microsoft Corporation of 45 Big Ones for control of Yahoo turns a new page in internet history and is worthy of a commemorative t-shirt/s. Simply combining their respective logos into one Uber-logo is the quickest fastest way to achieve a visual of what this merger means. The independence of Yahoo is now in question as the old giant Microsoft awakens to re-assert itself. Originally Yahoo was the only internet game in town, but Google took over the turf and Yahoo, as well as, Yahoo's Stock has struggled of late. With the recent drop in the value of Yahoo 's Stock to below $20 a share Microsoft could not resist another attempt at adding Yahoo to it's portfolio of internet services in their attempt to stay relevant against Google.
Both Google and Microsoft's stock price is dropping as this deal has moved forward. This type of excitement is a stimulus package all it's own and it has saved Yahoo's stock from collapse, but at what cost? The results of a successful merger could cause thousands of people to change jobs, force millions of users to change their login/passwords and this deal may not be good for the interest of the entire tech sector. Most importantly this transaction may not be beneficial for the consumer in the long-run as it brings ATT into business with Microsoft and eliminates an innovative yet struggling enterprise. These issues really don't matter in the short run as the underlying issue is the electronic architecture of the future. Symbolically this potential merger will simply mean a reduced field of competitors as we prepare for the final battle between Microsoft and Google.
You may wonder what doesn this have to do with T-shirts? Where is the t-shirt speak? Microsoft and Yahoo are old news with boring logos on their own, yet Google is way funnier both as a name and how they display their name on their website over time. I'm just glad to get some new material to work with as these two logos are icons of our time and "MicroHoo!" seems like the way to go. "YaSoft" doesn't really sound that cool, but "MicroHoo!" sounds pretty sweet.
From a business standpoint I must disclose that I own stock in both Microsoft and Google, but not in Yahoo. I will buy stock in Yahoo if it drops again and it may if this deal collapses. Google is trying to throw a wrench into the action and once it withdraws from the ring, it's stock may rise again. Same goes for Microsoft, if they lose enough stock value from this potential merger, then the shareholders will lose more in value than Yahoo is worth, which may force Microsoft out of the deal.
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