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Old Feb 12th, 2008, 09:39
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Re: Microsoft bid for Yahoo good or bad

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From Microsoft viewpoint, 30% share of the search market is a hell of a lot more than the less than 10% they have at the moment
Agreed, but there is no guarantee that once they merge the market shares will merge as well. In fact, in light of peoples avariance to MS (shown through only 10% share) I would say they would be lucky to come out with 15% share once all the dust has settled.
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and who knows, if they combine technologies Yahoo developed over the years with Windows and other resources, they may be able to gain another 5-10% of the market.
Well, thats the big question for me too. Will they try something new & keep driving the search market forward or will the search market stagnate as there aren't enough competitors?
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