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Comments on: Microsoft! bids! $44.6bn! for! Yahoo!
Don't mention the "G" word #
By Gianni Straniero Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:10 GMT
Typical Microsoft... #
By paulc Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:12 GMT
ARGH! #
By sue Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:16 GMT
Im off Yahoo, then #
By gautam Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:16 GMT
Business plan... #
By W Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:18 GMT
Zimbra? #
By Finlay Dobbie Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:22 GMT
Will! Never! Happen! #
By Kris Chaplin Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:24 GMT
oh great #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:28 GMT
Long-winded names #
By W Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:28 GMT
Ahem! #
By Steven Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:28 GMT
Typical Microsoft routine #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:29 GMT
"Today this market is increasingly dominated by one player" #
By Mark Rendle Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:30 GMT
Priceless #
By luke peters Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:30 GMT
Holy! Anti! #
By Nick Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:32 GMT
A year has gone by . . . . #
By Rob Sked Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:33 GMT
Monopoly Money... #
By Christopher Reeve's Horse Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:38 GMT
This just shows google's leadership #
By diegocg Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:39 GMT
Value for money? #
By Chris Walker Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:44 GMT
Microhoo #
By Andrew Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:52 GMT
How much? #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:53 GMT
Why???? #
By Reg Varney Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:53 GMT
Microsoft! Have a long way to go... #
By Steve Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:53 GMT
Just look at the desperation #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:54 GMT
MightySoft! #
By Edward Pearson Posted Friday 1st February 2008 12:54 GMT
It's the 1st of February... #
By PaulK Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:00 GMT
Go on Steve #
By Robert Sneddon Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:00 GMT
A study into.. #
By Chris Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:00 GMT
Nothing new here #
By George Johnson Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:01 GMT
Oh dear #
By Steven Walker Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:02 GMT
yeah, who Google think they are? #
By Ismael Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:07 GMT
Definitely WTF! #
By Bert Ragnarok Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:08 GMT
f*ck me! #
By Tawakalna Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:08 GMT
you suck so.... #
By Anne Bokma Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:14 GMT
Hotmail! for! the! 21st! Century! #
By Philip J.F. Quinlan Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:14 GMT
Bad news for yahoo-owned flickr.com and del.icio.us? #
By Rob Davis Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:15 GMT
timing #
By matt Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:15 GMT
SAD THAT MSF HAS TO SPEND $44Billion #
By Geoff Mitchell Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:17 GMT
Dollar a search? #
By Philip Nicholls Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:19 GMT
If ever... #
By andy gibson Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:19 GMT
Hotmail and Yahoo Mail #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:21 GMT
El! Reg! Headlines! #
By Hugh Cowan Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:24 GMT
@paulc #
By Robin Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:24 GMT
Tricky? #
By James Pickett Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:25 GMT
Hmmm #
By Jamie Davis Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:29 GMT
Spam soon #
By Feef Lovecraft Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:30 GMT
Typical yahoo! #
By ian Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:31 GMT
Yahoo!!! #
By Mark Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:39 GMT
Ballmer #
By David Wiernicki Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:41 GMT
Oh Noes... #
By Paul Charters Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:43 GMT
Yahoo for Windoze? Ha! #
By Carl Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:56 GMT
A shot at redemption. #
By I. Aproveofitspendingonspecificprojects Posted Friday 1st February 2008 13:56 GMT
Re: w #
By ben Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:05 GMT
"serious regulatory scrutiny" #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:06 GMT
Best place for it. #
By Ken Hagan Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:07 GMT
@Business plan... #
By Adam Potts Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:07 GMT
So ... zimbra forked then.... #
By Joel Stobart Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:08 GMT
Watch folks jump... #
By mark Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:13 GMT
Bizarre. #
By el_zorro Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:17 GMT
If you unscrew your navel does your arse drop off? #
By Pete James Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:17 GMT
On the road again... #
By Harry Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:20 GMT
@paulc #
By Gaius Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:21 GMT
I really don't like this #
By Alan Donaly Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:22 GMT
Whack of money #
By Andy Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:24 GMT
Microsoft stock #
By Lars Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:25 GMT
new! branding! opportunity! #
By Henry Hughes Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:27 GMT
@Will! Never! Happen! #
By John Bayly Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:29 GMT
Google's weak spot #
By Jan Bösenberg Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:38 GMT
Loss of the Middle Ground #
By Peter Lenz Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:44 GMT
oh dear.. #
By theotherone Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:44 GMT
Go! Microsoft! Go! #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:46 GMT
@ W #
By jonathan keith Posted Friday 1st February 2008 14:50 GMT
Microsoft + Yahoo #
By AD Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:01 GMT
Neelie Kroes #
By Chris Cooke Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:01 GMT
Snake v. Horse #
By Nomen Publicus Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:03 GMT
I Heart it #
By jubtastic1 Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:03 GMT
Google search to take 90% market share overnight #
By Robin Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:45 GMT
Wad #
By david soponski Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:45 GMT
Why G isn't a monopoly #
By Mark Posted Friday 1st February 2008 15:55 GMT
Microsoft Purchases #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:01 GMT
@ Adam Potts #
By W Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:44 GMT
lolz #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:47 GMT
How To Gain Market Share for Dummies #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:50 GMT
The deal will go through. And thus... #
By SysKoll Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:56 GMT
@ Microsoft Purchases #
By Reg Varney Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:58 GMT
another way for them to lose money #
By Doug Posted Friday 1st February 2008 17:14 GMT
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 17:26 GMT
Their strategy #
By Dimitrov Posted Friday 1st February 2008 17:26 GMT
As a Yahoo! stockholder... #
By Nathan Williams Posted Friday 1st February 2008 17:47 GMT
Cash or MS Stock? #
By steven kraft Posted Friday 1st February 2008 17:51 GMT
Windows! Live! Yahoo! #
By Chad H. Posted Friday 1st February 2008 18:20 GMT
M! #
By Kevin McMurtrie Posted Friday 1st February 2008 18:30 GMT
Brevity is the soul of wit, so I'll simply say: #
By Bryce Prewitt Posted Friday 1st February 2008 19:23 GMT
Worth Forty Four F*cking Billion #
By Danger Mouse Posted Friday 1st February 2008 19:42 GMT
Re: "If you cant beat them, buy them." #
By Michael Posted Friday 1st February 2008 19:42 GMT
WTF!? #
By Stan Posted Friday 1st February 2008 19:53 GMT
Stock Markets effect the outcome of YMSNBC #
By Mathew White Posted Friday 1st February 2008 19:55 GMT
My Offer #
By SpitefulGOD Posted Friday 1st February 2008 20:08 GMT
What am I missing here? #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 20:19 GMT
Dissapointed #
By Stan Pons Posted Friday 1st February 2008 20:35 GMT
Microhoooooo-oooo-oooooo!!!!!! (tm) #
By bws Posted Friday 1st February 2008 20:50 GMT
Yahoo is crap anyhow... #
By BatCat Posted Friday 1st February 2008 20:54 GMT
overpriced #
By david gomm Posted Friday 1st February 2008 22:43 GMT
Well, that's already in the toilet. #
By Morely Dotes Posted Friday 1st February 2008 22:53 GMT
@Stan - Microland #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 1st February 2008 23:03 GMT
Woohoo #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 00:08 GMT
Alexa ratings #
By Dimitrov Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 01:16 GMT
@Mark #
By George Schultz Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 02:45 GMT
baaah! baah! #
By DeFex Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 03:32 GMT
Rich, bloated, but lonely old Microsoft . . . #
By sleepy Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 06:16 GMT
@ Dimitrov - Detailed Alexa ratings #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 06:38 GMT
What about the MS shareholders #
By Wayne Stallwood Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 08:53 GMT
Google #
By Matt Semper Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 09:35 GMT
Gadzooks! Batman! Holy! Mother! of! Monopolies! #
By Fox Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 11:35 GMT
Alas, poor Zimbra... #
By Fox Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 11:55 GMT
waste of money #
By b Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 13:49 GMT
Upcoming trend of the 21st century: #
By mario Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 14:26 GMT
Gadzooks! Batman! Holy! Mother! of! Monopolies! #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 14:33 GMT
@waste of money #
By amanfromMars Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 14:39 GMT
This may be a sign of some even more evil times to come... #
By Svein Skogen Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 19:40 GMT
Moo! Search #
By Rich Posted Monday 4th February 2008 10:13 GMT
Hey you a journalist, stop with the vulgarity, you should know how to say it better without it. #
By Doug Lynn Posted Monday 4th February 2008 17:17 GMT
Moo! anyone? #
By Rob Sked Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 11:35 GMT