The I.T. Life

Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and now Nortel and Motorola! Rumors are saying that Nortel and Motorola are talking about a $10 billion dollar merger. Motorola is currently the #3 cell phone maker, formerly #1. There are a lot of talks that they are going to go under, or split into mutiple companies soon however. They have been going down hill recently, stocks and all. This would be a good solution to keep the share holders happy, and make everyone a bit more cash. Come on, who doesn’t like cash!

So, a long time ago, many people don’t know that there was almost a Yahoo! AOL merger, but they couldn’t agree on a price. Well, Yahoo! has gone back to AOL and sparked talks up again, but if Microsoft can’t afford Yahoo! Can AOL?

I was reading a article on Techcrunch and it was talking about how this might be a good thing for this to happen. They mentioned that if Google and Yahoo merge than it would eliminate competition. That Microsoft would bring the Yahoo! brand up to what it once was, the homepage of the internet. And would also help add fuel to Yahoo’s fire of sites and techologies that seem to be struggling due to there lack of value. Lets face it, Yahoo! once ruled the internet, and now they don’t. They need cash, and Microsoft is probably one of the best sources to get it. If they keep the brand, and keep the sites, then this could be a excellent thing. Only time will tell though.

Reuters has a article about how Yahoo might be considering going back to the table with Google. I would love to see this happen. I personally don’t trust Microsoft and would feel much safer with Google owning all my data. Now, I know Google is probably just as untrustworthy lately, but they seem to have a better track record for acquiring sites and technologies than the big M.

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