[mdlug] Microsoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo!

[gib at juno.com]

I heard that Google stock took a hit today.  Seems you can't even say anything bad about Microsoft.

-- Michael <newmaniese at gmail.com> wrote:
Here is a link to how to configure the google IMAP services:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/internet/setting-up-gmail-imap-support-in-thunderbird-2x/It's
pretty straight forward but the ports are a little non-traditional.
The
folders are a little strange.

I don't think M$ will ruin too much of the traditional Yahoo structure that
has been struggling the last few years. What I am nervous about is the
support that Yahoo has recently dedicated to improving the Web. YUI and the
developer video center have been invaluable tools to me. MS obviously has no
intention of improving the Web....

On Feb 2, 2008 10:24 PM, - <otakurider at gmail.com> wrote:

> Still may be a chance that Google or even Apple may buy it - yahoo not
> really a search engine like google its more of a portal so the conflict is
> not the same.  And if Apple buys it that will grind Ballmers butt I bet.
> Microsquish buying could see a lot of top people leaving or at least a
> really bad proxy fight with the board.  the stock is near the bid price
> currently so it my pop a bit in a few days to make it not worth doing.
>
> One can only hope
>
>
> Pat
> VP MDLUG
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2008 8:45 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis3 at hotpop.com> wrote:
>
> > Wolfger wrote:
> > > That would suck. I'm glad I use Google.
> > >
> >
> > I've been putting off moving my "email of last resort" from
> > yahoo to gmail.  This sealed it... and in fact, gmail has
> > improved its service so much (not just webmail, but both
> > POP and IMAP service, too!) that gmail is probably going to
> > be my ONLY email service.
> >
> > Now I'm just fighting with the configuration -- I've got
> > IMAP working properly, but for some reason, I can't
> > mail out through the SMTP yet.
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 1, 2008 9:13 AM, Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Yow!  I hope this DOESN'T happen... who needs another Hotmail?  Yahoo
> > >> is a big user of Unix for its mail servers -- so was Hotmail before
> > >> the MS purchase.
> > >>
> > >> Since Yahoo! is my content provider, this could be a major
> > >> annoyance... I hope antitrust issues prevent this from happening --
> > >> but with the current Bush administration, who knows?
> > >>
> > >> ~~ Mikey
> >
> >
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