The Gillmor Gang assesses Microsoft's decision to abandon its Yahoo bid

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In a special edition of the Gillmor Gang, Steve Gillmor, Mike Arrington, Doc Searls, Dana Gardner, Robert Anderson, Robert Scoble and I discuss Microsoft's decision to walk away from its bid to acquire Yahoo.

The consensus: Google is a big winner, Microsoft is not dead, and lives to bid another day, and Yahoo better be able to execute with precision on its strategy or it faces difficult times and a less lucrative result for shareholders.

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by williamclaxton May 4, 2008 8:32 PM PDT: Someone of the Gang had a very good idea: Microsoft makes a minority investment in Yahoo, transfers their media assets into the company, focuses on developing their core enterprise business (which is in trouble by the way), and let's Yahoo focus and develop as a media company. That makes great sense, and it's never too late to develop that strategy.

Everyone, except perhaps Google, would be a winner.; Reply to this comment

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