Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-04 Thread Maureen
On 2/4/08, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Google wants to be the evil galactic emperor and Microsoft is not going to > relinquish the job so easily. > > The combination of Microsoft and Yahoo should be named Microhoo. I think Yahsoft would describe it much better.

RE: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-04 Thread Billy Cox
-Community Subject: Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo. So now Google is making waves over aquiring Yahoo ... I fully support that move! :D ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-04 Thread Dana
yeah that one with the haircut was adorable :) On 2/1/08, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (shhh, i like them, they are the cutest in the world) > > ok, back to hating picasa > > ;) tw > > On Feb 1, 2008 11:32 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ooohhh, so all the cute pictures o

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-04 Thread Erika L. Walker
So now Google is making waves over aquiring Yahoo ... I fully support that move! :D ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;16019860

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-02 Thread Jerry Barnes
I personally don't use Yahoo. I have never really like it. However, I hate to see MS take over anything. Seems like the Borg. The assimilate the product and destroy any creativity. Just my opinion. I am sure there are example where this didn't happen. ~~~

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Dave l
If it happens I will give them a week before ms has it completely fucked up and will probably drop yahoos ranking from 2nd to 200th in a day. m$ has been spending all this cash to try and compete with google and have gotten absolutely nowhere..the only they they ever will is if they buy google

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Vivec
*arches eyebrow* But dahling...you say that like its a bad thing. *munches on a cube of sugar cane* and I haven't seen a 'hut' in years ^_^ On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If they so much as even TOUCH Flickr.com, I quit. Quit quit quit. I'm g

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Yves Arsenault
I used Launchcast alot too Hope they leave that alone. On Feb 1, 2008 12:02 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Launchcast is my Yahoo pet applicationI could see MS destroying it. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Tony
(shhh, i like them, they are the cutest in the world) ok, back to hating picasa ;) tw On Feb 1, 2008 11:32 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ooohhh, so all the cute pictures of my girls..you've ignored! > > > I am so not talking to you anymore! :) > > > On Feb 1, 2008 10:11

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
actually, I'll just start hiding them behind tinyurl's :) On Feb 1, 2008 10:32 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ooohhh, so all the cute pictures of my girls..you've ignored! > > > I am so not talking to you anymore! :) > > > > On Feb 1, 2008 10:11 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
ooohhh, so all the cute pictures of my girls..you've ignored! I am so not talking to you anymore! :) On Feb 1, 2008 10:11 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i just dont even click most of the time. > i HATE the way it loads up pixelated first, then SLOWLY into it... > whatever, > its n

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
S! Blasphemy! On 2/1/08, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Remember the "What if Microsoft owned Gmail" screenshot.I wonder how > long it will take for flickr to suffer the same type of redesign. > > ~| Ad

Flickr vs Picassa (was Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.)

2008-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
Before I get accused of hijacking ... So, this link doesnt work for you? http://flickr.com/photos/weberika/sets/72157600086185419/ You dont like all the thumbnails? You don't like how it previous previous and next picture and to get to it, just click on it? You don't like that you can click on th

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Remember the "What if Microsoft owned Gmail" screenshot.I wonder how long it will take for flickr to suffer the same type of redesign. On Feb 1, 2008 9:10 AM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are probably a LOT of apps on Yahoo's various properties that > Microsoft could build i

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> gdude wrote: > It's not clear how Yahoo will ultimately respond to Microsoft's going > public with the offer of half cash and equity, which carries a 62% > premium to its price of $19.18 in 4 p.m. trading on the Nasdaq Market > Thursday. > Op in the WSJ: February 1, 2008, 10:09 am Microsoft's

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> gman wrote: > dunno what you bought in for, but the 49% jump ain't nothing to ignore! > FYI, the offer is thus: It's not clear how Yahoo will ultimately respond to Microsoft's going public with the offer of half cash and equity, which carries a 62% premium to its price of $19.18 in 4 p.m. tradi

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Rick Root
On 2/1/08, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a community, not just a photo gallery. Good, cuz as a photo gallery it sucks. =) I'm not talking about how I would use it as a member, but how my friends would use it when I send them links to look at my photos. -- Rick Root New Bri

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Mo wrote: > While I'm not usually a fan of anything Microsoft, as a long time > Yahoo shareholder, I'll certainly take their money and smile all the > way to the bank. > dunno what you bought in for, but the 49% jump ain't nothing to ignore! ~

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Tony
i just dont even click most of the time. i HATE the way it loads up pixelated first, then SLOWLY into it... whatever, its not flickr, and those people who use it wont know until they use the FLICKR pro like us :) hahahahahah we win. On 2/1/08, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
I have always found that too. When I look at some of the picassa albums on here that peeps have, they are ALWAYS slow. ALWAYS. On 2/1/08, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Picasa is slow and BLECH. > that part of google, i despise. > flickr rocks. > tw > > ~

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Tony
Picasa is slow and BLECH. that part of google, i despise. flickr rocks. tw On 2/1/08, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/1/08, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they so much as even TOUCH Flickr.com, I quit. Quit quit quit. I'm gonna > > move to Trinidad, live in a hut, an

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
Have you tried to use Flickr with all it's glory? The Pro version? Sets, different photo sizes, organization, tagging ability, search ability, the display, I can go on and on. The newest and neatest tool is the integrated editor for quick stuff: cropping, red eye, frames, filters, etc. I like the

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Rick Root
BTW, wasn't Microsoft's purchase of Yahoo predicted by "EPIC 2014" No I guess not.. but hey... it could've been! -- Rick Root New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool behind the scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread G Money
On Feb 1, 2008 10:00 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fuck em both, microsoft and yahoo. > two b's going together do not make the A that is google. > I dunno, I've always liked Yahoo. -- Were just spinning on some granite That we like to call a planet And if you need to contemplate Well he

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread G Money
Launchcast is my Yahoo pet applicationI could see MS destroying it. On Feb 1, 2008 9:51 AM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If they so much as even TOUCH Flickr.com, I quit. Quit quit quit. I'm > gonna > move to Trinidad, live in a hut, and be Gel's personal assistant. > > Gah. >

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Tony
but yanno, yahoo aint google. and msoft aint google. and therefore, google will still reign supreme. fuck em both, microsoft and yahoo. two b's going together do not make the A that is google. tw On 2/1/08, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's interesting to me is what this consolidation wi

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Rick Root
On 2/1/08, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If they so much as even TOUCH Flickr.com, I quit. Quit quit quit. I'm gonna > move to Trinidad, live in a hut, and be Gel's personal assistant. Personally I don't get why people use Flickr. Maybe cuz of back-end integration and stuff, but I

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
If they so much as even TOUCH Flickr.com, I quit. Quit quit quit. I'm gonna move to Trinidad, live in a hut, and be Gel's personal assistant. Gah. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Bruce Sorge
Speaking of Silverlight, I have had to install it three times so far on three different sites that use it in about a weeks time, on the same computer. Anyone else come across this? I was hoping it would be like Flash where you install it once and all is well on all flash sites until a newer ver

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Vivec
What's interesting to me is what this consolidation will mean to the industry as a whole. We would have lost the competition of the Search services Yahoo vs Microsoft Live Search vs Google. Even if yahoo and microsoft pretend to compete, the good technologies from either of them will be cross util

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Yves Arsenault
I agree with Rick... about the power to force silverlight onto users.. The way I see it, it's all about market dominance... about being as close (wink wink) to a monopoly as you can be It's not about innovation or "good ideas". It's about pure profit to the various levels of the corpo

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Rick Root
There are probably a LOT of apps on Yahoo's various properties that Microsoft could build in Silverlight. Though I'm not personally a yahoo user, except for the occasional foray into Yahoo Finance, anything that gives microsoft more power to force silverlight onto people bothers me. -- Rick Root

Re: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo.

2008-02-01 Thread Maureen
While I'm not usually a fan of anything Microsoft, as a long time Yahoo shareholder, I'll certainly take their money and smile all the way to the bank. On Feb 1, 2008 4:17 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's all going down man ITS GOING DOWN > AAGGHH!!! > > http://edition.c