Why Does Microsoft Really Want Yahoo?

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Daniel Eran Dilger
Microsoft finally went public with its $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo, following years of aggressive efforts to talk the company into selling out in private negotiations. Why does Microsoft want Yahoo so badly, why hasn’t Yahoo jumped at the deal, and how would such a merger work out for Microsoft, Yahoo, and the tech industry in general? History suggests some answers.

[graphic courtesy Alf: Microsoft se intenta quedar con Yahoo “por las malas” [Actualizado] | www.faq-mac.com]

En Português Brasileiro: Por que a Microsoft na verdade quer o Yahoo?
Traducción: Ubiratan Olivério

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