# M$FT offers to buy out Yahoo! (srsly)

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**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-ft-offers-to-buy-out-yahoo-srsly/42782 "2008-02-01T12:52:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-ft-offers-to-buy-out-yahoo-srsly/42782/1 "2008-02-01T12:52:54Z")

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“The fight for Internet dominance heated up this week with Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in an effort to better compete with chief rival Google.”

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> **“Today, the market is increasingly dominated by one player, who is consolidating its dominance through acquisition,” Microsoft said** in a statement Friday. “Together, Microsoft and Yahoo can offer a credible alternative.”

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-ft-offers-to-buy-out-yahoo-srsly/42782/2 "2008-02-01T13:11:27Z")

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Google \> Yahoo so who cares.

But :lol: @ Microsoft trying to badmouth a company because they are increasing their dominance through acquisition. Look in the mirror lately MS?

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-ft-offers-to-buy-out-yahoo-srsly/42782/3 "2008-02-01T13:17:33Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> Google \> Yahoo so who cares.

Yea… the point of the post was to laugh @ M$FT tactics.

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/m-ft-offers-to-buy-out-yahoo-srsly/42782/4 "2008-02-01T13:19:52Z")

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doh edit