Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Tag: microsoft
The proposed acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft remains the story of the week. Knowledge@Wharton editor-in-chief Mukul Pandya and I interviewed Wharton management professors Larry Hrebiniak and David Hsu about the deal earlier this week. You can read the exchange, "Microsoft and Yahoo: Does It Make Sense (and Will It Work)?" at http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1895 or download an … Continue reading The Microsoft/Yahoo Conundrum
The blogosphere will be all abuzz today about Microsoft's offer to acquire Yahoo! this morning. It will be interesting to watch people tally the pros and cons on this one. Here are my initial thoughts. Yahoo would provide Microsoft with valuable online properties in a number of major categories: Flickr for photo sharing, Yahoo Finance, … Continue reading Microsoft and Yahoo! (and Adobe)
If you haven't yet seen the Bill Gates "farewell" video from the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, it's available on MSN Soapbox -- in Flash video rather than Silverlight. If you're reading this in a feed or can't see the embedded video, here's the link: Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
Some ZDNet bloggers appear to be on a quest to get Microsoft's Ray Ozzie to communicate more. On November 21, Dan Faber asked "Where in the world is Ray Ozzie?." And now ZDNet's Microsoft columnist, Mary Jo Foley, observes that Ozzie isn't currently listed as a keynote presenter at this year's MIX conference. Foley's piece … Continue reading ZDNet Asks ‘Where’s Ozzie?’ One Answer: In Knowledge@Wharton
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