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Apple should acquire Yahoo!

I think Apple should acquire Yahoo!

This would essentially create three strong companies (Google/Apple/Microsoft) with similar technology, service & talent ecosystems. Excellent for competition!

It would benefit Apple because:
- they would gain excellent web assets (Flickr, Yahoo Mail/News/Finance/Music/Video, ...), to integrate with their current Mac/iPhone web services.
- they would get access to the hundreds of millions of current Yahoo users, to promote Apple products.
- it would diversify their revenue stream (adding search, advertising, ...).

It would benefit Yahoo because:
- they would gain the disciplined and visionary leadership they need.
- the Yahoo/Apple corporate cultures would mesh more easily than the Yahoo/Microsoft cultures.
- Yahoo shareholders would receive Apple shares, which have a better upside potential than Microsoft shares (especially after a merger like this).

Posted by: linuser   Posted on: 01/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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