Blame plentiful in failed Microsoft-Yahoo deal

Hardball tactics
Good for Yahoo! Microsoft uses very hardball tactics to get what they want. It is way past time somebody stood up and said "give it your best shot". As a standalone unit, Yahoo is not doing too bad. As a unit of Microsoft, we get the "better than thou" attitude when asking for service. — Experienced warrior

Self-destruction
I wonder if the plan is to let Yahoo self-destruct and the Microsoft will swoop in at a lower price. I still don't believe Microsoft really wants all of Yahoo. they are more interested in taking over their infrastructure and making better use of it. I am a Yahoo shareholder and I would have certainly been happy with Microsoft's offer. I don't own a whole lot of Yahoo, so I will hold out and hope it goes up again when and if a buyout does happen. We will see. — woggerman

More options
I want more options online, not fewer. I want diversity and choice, not the illusion of choice. I want the Internet to remain neutral, and net neutrality is already beginning to sneak out the window, right under our noses. So as far as I'm concerned, news like this is good news. It may be unfortunate for shareholders, but that's in the short-term. Constantly looking at the short-term is a big part of the problem with our insane, out-of-control marketplace. — c33

Chocolate drink
It would be cheaper for Microsoft to create its own chocolate-flavored milk drink than to purchase Yahoo. — Whos Your Daddy

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The next Netscape
Bad move on Yahoo's part. Google is eating their lunch and Microsoft's offer was more than fair. In six months their stock price will be back in the teen's because their business model isn't working. The shareholders should have Yang's head along with the Board's. Yahoo is the next Netscape. Wait six months to a year and Yahoo will be begging Microsoft for a deal at $24 a share. On the other hand MS has enough money and resources to put their own product out there and Yahoo will be worth nothing. Either way the shareholders (owners of the company) will be the losers. Shareholder lawsuits are next. — JR Aviator

Botched
Ballmer and his high priced advisors botched this up from the get-go by offering too high a price initially. These deals and negotiations are as much about winning and pride as they are about price and value. By coming out with such a high initial price Ballmer left room to only come up a tad instead of leaving room for Yang and Yahoo to look like they ratcheted him up more than a measly 5 to 7 percent. He should have come out at $27 or $28. And then if he went to $33 Yang and Yahoo Board would have saved face and a deal would have got done at $33. — tominmn

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