It's very hard to see what real value there is in the proposed acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft. But it will make news. Much the same could be said about Microsoft's acquisition of FAST. To a sceptic it confirms that that:
- Microsoft is sitting on a pile of cash
- live.com and MSN aren't haveing enough success
- Google continues to shape the market
Update -
Observer News - 'this deal will transform [Microsoft's] business model' It seems quite fitting, and poignant, that in the year that Bill Gates is stepping down he is planning to leave it on the brink of becoming a different sort of company. He predicted the need for this a decade or more ago but his company just couldn't break away from the desktop, which remains a big chunk of the corporate DNA at Microsoft.
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