THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE MONEY...IT WAS THAT THE ENTIRE NOTION OF MICOSOFT OWNING YAHOO JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE...
THE ANTI-TRUST IMPLICATIONS WOULD KEEP ARMIES OF LAWYERS BUSY FOR YEARS...!!
AND MSN AND YAHOO JUST ARE NOT A GOOD FIT... THEY ARE REALLY DOING THE SAME THING FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCES... AND VERY LIKELY...THE YAHOO FOLKS WOULD JUST MOVE OVER TO GOOGLE...AND DUMP MSN ANYWAY...
THE ONLY WAY I'D MOVE OVER TO MSN IS IF THEY'D GIVE ME THE EMAIL ADDRESS... "HOTMALE@HOTMAIL.COM"....! BUT ALAS, NOT POSSIBLE...!
I'M A YAHOO PERSON...AND I'VE NEVER REALLY WARMED UP TO MSN.... BUT I DO USED GOOGLE A LOT...
SO PERHAPS IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YAHOO WILL STAY INDEPENDENT...
FRANKLY THIS MERGER MADE ABOUT AS MUCH SENSE AS TIME WARNER--AOL...
THAT MESS IS STILL UNWINDING....
