Microsoft to Yahoo: You will be assimilated
Let's face it, Microsoft will win. Yahoo will keep making money and maybe save some jobs. I got Jerry's letter (I'm a yahoo shareholder) and was not impressed. I'd rather see a buyout and maybe I'll just keep the microsoft shares.
Besides, anything to improve upon some of Microsoft's services will be nice. Just calling everything "Live XXX" doesn't give life to poor search engines, failed global ID initiatives, email that is routinely hard to log in to, etc. There are some cool mapping services (Virtual Earth)- did they buy those, too?
BTW, good job, Microsoft, on giving software to students. The fact that java was free is what really allowed the Internet to take off. Bill Gates wrote a lot about education in The Road Ahead- now we see more action on that front.
