http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-makes-unsolicited-bid-to-acquire-yahoo/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-makes-unsolicited-bid-to-acquire-yahoo/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Microsoft-Yahoo: The Complete Coverage Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:56:39 +0000 http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-makes-unsolicited-bid-to-acquire-yahoo/#comment-42 [...] Ryan Spoon - Mr. Spoon voices what a lot of people are privately wondering: They’re both mismanaged separately, why should together be better? Ultimately, the potential success of an acquisition here depends on the ability to create an effective organization that leverages and integrates the several platforms these two massive companies share. After all, we haven’t seen either Yahoo or Microsoft effectively leverage their *own* platforms or traffic. [...] [...] Ryan Spoon – Mr. Spoon voices what a lot of people are privately wondering: They’re both mismanaged separately, why should together be better? Ultimately, the potential success of an acquisition here depends on the ability to create an effective organization that leverages and integrates the several platforms these two massive companies share. After all, we haven’t seen either Yahoo or Microsoft effectively leverage their *own* platforms or traffic. [...]

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