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Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:00 AM

Fearing Microsoft, Yahoo courts Rupert Murdoch

It's kind of like if you ask a girl to marry you and she says she'd rather be with Voldemort.

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Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:08 AM

I agree...

... that Yahoo courting Rupert Murdoch is a desperate act. Maybe not as depressing as seeing Hillary Clinton, of all people, cozying up to Fox News, but definitely in the same territory.

They're so afraid of the wolf at the door that they're trying to make a pact with the Devil himself.

But I think buying control of Yahoo makes even less sense for Murdoch than it did for Microsoft.

Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:34 AM

Voldemort

I was thinking more on the line of Sauron, but I guess Voldemort is a bit more current these days.

Thursday, February 14, 2008 08:00 PM

And Then They Should Just Rename the Company

From Yahoo! to Fox!

Friday, February 15, 2008 04:55 AM

To be expected

In this case, the guy who was asking the girl to marry him was a fool for thinking she would say yes. It's no secret the co-founder of Yahoo, Yang, hates Microsoft. It's only a matter of time before this is taken to the shareholders. In this case, the story should be about the tale of an arranged marriage.

Microsoft's Princess (-Melanie Gass)

Friday, February 15, 2008 05:05 AM

Unless...

Unless the people that will pull the trigger on the Yahoo-News Corp deal are those 'loyal Bushies' that are immune to logic and have no soul or conscience.

Murdock (Mordock?) controlling ANYTHING more than a room full of apes is frightening to me. He is evil and has no morals or scruples just greed and the penchant for bare knuckle lying and fighting. He is Satan to Bush's anti-Christ...

Save Yahoo. Why doesn't Apple buy Yahoo? .mac could use the help...

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