Comments on: Are Microsoft's Boots Made for Walking Away From ’Hoo? http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MicroHoo, One Year Later: The More Things Change… | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-8021 MicroHoo, One Year Later: The More Things Change… | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:53:01 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-8021 [...] 2.) 2/14/08: Are Microsoft’s Boots Made for Walking Away From ‘Hoo? [...] [...] 2.) 2/14/08: Are Microsoft’s Boots Made for Walking Away From ‘Hoo? [...]

]]> By: Smith Collins http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-2928 Smith Collins Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:50:57 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-2928 “Microsoft, in my opinion, has a tendency to look at others’ mistakes and then chase yesterday.” This probably applies to their move into the hosted services market. You might want to look at the reactions of groupSPARK: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/exchange/online/prweb742904.htm Question to ask: Will Microsoft be promoting the idea of hosted exchange helping their competitors but not really growing their market share? “Microsoft, in my opinion, has a tendency to look at others’ mistakes and then chase yesterday.”
This probably applies to their move into the hosted services market. You might want to look at the reactions of groupSPARK: http://www.emediawire.com/rele.....742904.htm
Question to ask: Will Microsoft be promoting the idea of hosted exchange helping their competitors but not really growing their market share?

]]> By: alan wilensky http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-2841 alan wilensky Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:27:51 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-2841 I don't want to put my foot in my mouth, but I believe that the deal is dead. I am currently trying to get attribution on an overheard conversation at Microsoft, to the effect that, "...the offer precipitated an exodus of key managers that may have materially harmed the Yahoo long term agenda for integration of it's advanced properties'... I don’t want to put my foot in my mouth, but I believe that the deal is dead.

I am currently trying to get attribution on an overheard conversation at Microsoft, to the effect that, “…the offer precipitated an exodus of key managers that may have materially harmed the Yahoo long term agenda for integration of it’s advanced properties’…

]]> By: dave mcclure http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-2840 dave mcclure Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:44:40 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080214/are-microsofts-boots-made-for-walking-away-from-hoo/#comment-2840 imho, either Amazon or eBay is a more interesting acquisition for Microsoft than Yahoo. having them buy up all the Web 2.0 startups is unlikely, but fun to think about... maybe they can just drop a few bil' here & there, eh? imho, either Amazon or eBay is a more interesting acquisition for Microsoft than Yahoo.

having them buy up all the Web 2.0 startups is unlikely, but fun to think about… maybe they can just drop a few bil’ here & there, eh?

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