Headline of the day: Microsoft adds Yahoo to Shopping cart.
That’s how Ars Technica described Microsoft’s 44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. My thoughts? Pretty bummed actually. I use Flickr and a few other Yahoo services and hate the possibility to have Microsoft’s stench touch them. Making me really look at using my SmugMug account exclusively if Yahoo does end up being purchased. I guess time will tell but don’t see how this will a good thing for two different companies who have been unsuccessful at toppling Google’s stranglehold on search combining to form one company that will be unsuccessful at toppling Google. I really think Yahoo’s strong point is their service offering and they ought to focus on that area rather than search. Same with Microsoft, they ought to be focusing on their OS business (I am looking at you Vista). But hey what do I know?
